5 / Cosmology and Belief

The Garden of Love (Improvisation Number 27)

» Wassily Kandinsky (French, born Russia, 1866–1944)

Artist / Origin	Wassily Kandinsky (French, born Russia, 1866–1944) Region: Europe
Date	1912 Period: 1900 CE - 2010 CE
Material	Oil on canvas Medium: Painting
Dimensions	H: 47 3/8 in. (120.3 cm.), W: 55 1/4 in. (140.3 cm.)
Location	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit	Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

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