Large Study on a Mural for Edwin R. Campbell (Summer) by Wassily Kandinsky, 1914 Finish:Framed canvas About the subject: This plate

About the subject: This plate documents the fish historically known as the Sacramento Pike—also called “Yellow belly

a powerful symbol of modernization at the time

Camden Town

this settlement provided a gateway to the fertile Arkansas River Valley

Berezhany (50 thousand)

Large Study on a Mural for Edwin R. Campbell (Summer) by Wassily Kandinsky, 1914 Finish:Framed canvas About the subject: This plateWassily Kandinskys Large Study on a Mural for Edwin R. Campbell (Summer) (1914) captures the artist at a pivotal moment in the birth of pure abstraction. Conceived as a study for a mural commissioned by the American patron Edwin R. Campbell, the painting translates rhythm, scale, and musicality into color and line rather than literal subject matter. On the eve of World War I, Kandinsky was moving decisively toward a non representational language that