On White II (On White II) of 1923 is one of the most significant examples of Wassily Kandinsky's geometric period, painted during his Bauhaus years. White, the dominant background colour, is not simply emptiness: for Kandinsky it symbolises a silence full of possibility, a spiritual starting point. Across this luminous surface clean geometric forms are arranged—triangles, circles, straight and oblique lines—combining like the elements of a dynamic construction.
The colours, used with almost architectural precision, create tensions and harmonies through carefully studied contrasts: red, blue, black and yellow balance one another like opposing forces in motion. The whole composition seems a system in unstable equilibrium, a restrained energy vibrating within an ordered space. The synthesis of rigorous geometry and abstract spirituality makes On White II a work that invites contemplation, staging the fragile yet intense relationship between order, chaos and creative potential.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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