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Wassily Kandinsky
1866-1944 · Der Blaue Reiter, Expressionism, Abstract art, Bauhaus
The club deal
- Status
- Fundraising open
- Minimum per member
- USD 100,000 (US residents: USD 200,000 individuals, USD 1,000,000 entities)
- Fundraising target
- 5,000,000 USD
- Selection window
- 12 months, with return of the capital if no suitable work is found
- Vehicle
- a dedicated SPV for this artist
- Expected exit
- between 3 and 7 years, through auction or private sale
How the club deal for each artist works · Costs
If no suitable work is found within 12 months, the capital paid in is returned.
Price range of the works the club looks for
from 2,000,000 to 45,000,000 USD (2-45 million for major paintings)
Market liquidity: high
Biography
Wassily Kandinsky trained as a lawyer in Moscow before moving to Munich in 1896 to paint. With Franz Marc he founded Der Blaue Reiter in 1911, and his Improvisations and Compositions of those years are counted among the first fully abstract paintings in Western art. He taught at the Bauhaus from 1922 to 1933, then settled near Paris, where he died in 1944. For the market, the Murnau landscapes and early abstractions from 1908 to 1914 are the scarcest and most contested, and several recent top lots were restituted works. His auction record is $44.9 million, set in London in 2023, and works of museum quality still appear in London and New York evening sales every season.
Auction record
44,900,000 USD: Murnau mit Kirche II, 1910, Sotheby's, London, 2023-03-01 (source)
Recent auction results
- 42,025,000 USD: Das bunte Leben, Christie's, London, 2026-10-14 (source)
- 8,620,000 USD: Morgenstunde, Christie's, New York, 2026-05-18 (source)
- 422,200 USD: Ohne Titel, Sotheby's, Paris, 2026-04-16 (source)
- 16,730,000 USD: Le rond rouge, Christie's, London, 2026-03-05 (source)
- 504,000 USD: Ohne Titel (Dessin pour l'almanach "Europa" 1925), Christie's, New York, 2025-05-13 (source)
- 271,100 USD: Entrückt, Bonhams, London, 2025-04-02 (source)
Market data: public auction results with date, auction house and source, the same data as Unicorn Art Watch.
Museums
- Centre Pompidou, Parigi
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Monaco
- Galleria Tret'jakov, Mosca
- Museo di Stato Russo, San Pietroburgo
Sources
- AP via WSLS, record Murnau mit Kirche II (2 marzo 2023)
- Times of Israel, Das bunte Leben (16 ottobre 2026)
- The Art Newspaper, Christie's London ottobre 2026
- HENI News, profilo Kandinsky
- HENI News, Le rond rouge
- HENI News, Morgenstunde
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