Kunstberatung Zürich AG is proud to present a masterwork by Wassily Kandinsky “Red zig-zag” painted in 1943.

The linear composition of the painting illustrates that in the 1930 – 40s Kandinsky’s vision was closely associated with mysticism and spirituality. “Red zig-zag” (“Zig-zag” or “Le zig-zag rouge”) is based on the artist’s concept of “inner sight”. In an article in the Danish journal Konkretion (1935) Kandinsky expands on the concept as follows: “This sight penetrates the hard shell, the “external” form, into the interior of things and lets us perceive the inner “pulsation” of things with all our senses.” The analogies between nature, art and technology were embodied in a series of abstract paintings depicting biomorphic shapes similar to invertebrate sea creatures or embryological forms. His sources of inspiration included encyclopaedias and biological works such as Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) and Karl Blossfeld’s famous photo collection Unformen der Natur (Prototypes in Nature) as well as the works of his fellow artists and sculptors in Paris such as Jean Arp, Joan Miro, Alberto Magnelli and others.

This work depicts a few unknown shapes, supposedly sea creatures and biological organisms. They are  presented in a very nice way, though the reminder of what it might be is still there, there is no negative perception. Aesthetic is always very important, it’s the first impression.

The present painting “Red zig-zag” is a unique painting in the heritage of Wassily Kandinsky with an established and proven provenance from a private collection in Switzerland (see below). Kandinsky had never painted a copy of this artwork. Kunstberatung Zürich AG is a unique legal holder with exclusive right to sale of Wassily Kandinsky’s “Red zig-zag” (known also as “Zig-zag” or “Le zig-zag rouge)”. The title of the present artwork in Russian is “Василий Кандинский “Красный зиг-заг” или “Зиг-заг””.