A dazzling yet little-known artist’s book that distills the painter’s seminal interests in abstraction and the unity of the arts. Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) was a Russian pioneer of abstract painting whose work has influenced generations of artists. His Sounds (Klänge) of 1912 is one of the earliest, most beautiful examples of a 20th-century artist’s book. Its “sound poems” are alternately narrative and expressive, witty and simple in form. They treat questions of space, color, physical design, and the act of seeing in a world that offers multiple and often contradictory possibilities. The woodcut illustrations that accompany the poems range from representational designs to abstract vignettes. Pub Date: 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 152 Size: 8.00(h) x 7.50(w) x 0.50(t) inches Case Quantity: 40 ISBN: 9780300238495