Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944). Title: "No. 688". Medium: Original color collotype. Date: Composed 1940. Printed 1949. Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (257 x 162 mm). Image size: 10 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (257 x 162 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed with the monogram and dated in the image, lower left; stamped verso. Small edition. Thin cream wove paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine impression; bright, fresh colors. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Nina Kandinsky (her stamp verso) to Jacqueline François; Private collection, Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy (Paris), France. Comment(s): This edition was authorized by Kandinsky shortly before his death in 1944 but delayed by World War II and its aftermath until 1949. It was printed with the blessing of Kandinsky's third wife, Nina Kandinsky. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [25745-1-150]