Kleine Welten (Small Worlds) XII by Wassily Kandinsky, 1922 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) the promise of a clear

the promise of a clear angle if you find the right side

The map is also a beautiful work of art

Reflects mid-20th century cartographic techniques and global geography

Hasui Kawase (1883–1957) is widely recognized as one of Japan’s most important landscape printmakers of the 20th century

Historical significance: Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities

Kleine Welten (Small Worlds) XII by Wassily Kandinsky, 1922 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) the promise of a clearKleine Welten (Small Worlds) IX (1922) by Wassily Kandinsky arrives from the artists seminal Bauhaus years, a moment when he sharpened his language of pure form, rhythm, and spiritual resonance. In this composition, familiar reality dissolves into finely balanced geometriesintersecting lines, arcs, and measured planesarranged to feel at once ordered and improvisational. Rather than narrating a scene, Kandinsky composes a self contained world of