Kandinsky, Wassily, Russian painter and art theorist (1866-1944). Typed letter signed.

€ 6,500.00

To the Belgian art historian and editor of the periodical "Sélection" André de Ridder (1888-1961), concerning payments and photographs for a forthcoming issue devoted to Kandinsky: "Je vous enverrai les RM. 200 de suite après avoir reçu les corrections. Malheureusement ça m'est impossible d'acheter les clichés!". Kandinsky hints at his dire financial situation due to the forced closure of the Bauhaus by the Nazis since April 1933 which led to its ultimate dissolution on 19 July: "Les conditions pecuniaires sont difficiles et mon revenu personnel a subit un changement peu agréable - je suis forcé de faire des économies." He also mentions that his friend, the important art critic Will Grohmann, would finish the corrections for the issue within a day: "J'ai parlé à M. Grohmann en le priant de se bien dépecher avec les corrections. Il est de mon avis que c'est très important de se dépecher avec la parition du cahier. Quant à lui il ferra les corrections dans un seul jour." In closing, Kandinsky underlines that a two month delay caused by another publication was not his fault so he should not have to bear the consequences, and apologizes for the scant response: "Che M. de Ridder, ce n'est pas ma faute que le Cahier de M. W. [Edward Wadsworth] était en retard de deux mois! Ça ne saurrait pas consequent de me faire porter les resultats de ce retard. Excusezbien la breveté de ma reponse [...]".

The special issue entitled "Sélection Chronique de la Vie Artisque XIV Wassily Kandinsky - Éditions Sélection Anvers 1933" appeared in July when Kandinsky and his wife were about to move to Paris, fleeing the Nazi regime.

With an adhesive mark on the upper edge, folded, and slightly browned.