In Grey

Wassily Kandinsky

1919 · Oil on canvas · Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris

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About this work

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
Year: 1919
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 129 × 176 cm
Collection: Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
Movement: Abstract art

A grey field, darker toward the edges, is crowded with small, sharp, half-recognisable forms: red and blue wedges, black arcs and spikes, feathery spurs, a ladder-like strip and tiny shapes that read almost like boats, birds or insects. A red diagonal rises at upper left and a black line runs off the lower edge, and the whole mass seems to drift toward the centre as if caught in a current. Kandinsky painted it in Moscow in 1919, during the years he spent in Russia after the outbreak of war, and it was shown in an exhibition of his work there in 1920. He later described In Grey as the conclusion of his dramatic period, the crowded, turbulent manner that had begun in Munich before the war; within two years his painting turned to clean geometry. It came to the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris with Nina Kandinsky's bequest in 1981.

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 grey field crowded with small red, blue and black forms drifting to the centre, for a study, home office or hallway at 16×24 in black. A charcoal, white or warm grey wall; it pairs with Composition VII.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Abstract art painting
Era: 20th century (1919)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: hallway or entryway, study or library, home office, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. 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

Shipping & returns

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 In Grey 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 Centre Pompidou.

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 In Grey painted, and in what medium?

In Grey dates from 1919 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 129 × 176 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 In Grey we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Wassily Kandinsky's In Grey — a dense mass of small, sharp forms in red, blue and black drifting across a soft grey field — 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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