Composition VII

Wassily Kandinsky

1913 · Oil on canvas · State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Size2:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
Year: 1913
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 200.6 × 302.2 cm
Collection: State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Movement: Abstract art

Dense, overlapping clusters of colour and line fill a canvas three metres wide: a dark knot of black contours sits left of centre, ringed by swirls of blue, crimson, yellow and green, while paler washes of pink and ochre open out toward the lower right. Nothing is fully recognisable, though art historians have read in it themes Kandinsky had worked through for years: the Resurrection, the Last Judgement, the Flood and the Garden of Eden. He painted it in Munich in 1913 after an unusually long run of preparatory drawings, watercolours and oil studies, and it is generally considered the most complex picture he made before the First World War. It marks the high point of his Blue Rider years, when he argued that colour and form could act on the viewer as directly as music. The canvas is in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A crowded storm of crimson, cobalt, yellow and green swirling around a black knot, for a living room, open-plan space or large hallway at 24×36 in black. A white or warm grey wall keeps it legible; it pairs with Yellow-Red-Blue.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Abstract art painting
Era: 20th century (1913)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, hallway or entryway, dining room, dorm room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Composition VII in the public domain?

Yes. Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by State Tretyakov Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Composition VII painted, and in what medium?

Composition VII dates from 1913 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 200.6 × 302.2 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Composition VII we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Wassily Kandinsky's Composition VII — a vast, swirling storm of colour and line, the most complex of the artist's pre-war abstractions — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Kandinsky: Colour and Abstraction, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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