Small Worlds nr 1 by Wassily Kandinsky Kaitlyn Parker First circulated as a radical

First circulated as a radical labour broadside in the early 20th century

the contours sharp

There is no flourish here beyond the inherent elegance of the subject — a draughtsman's discipline applied to one of nature's most refined forms

Inspired by Henri Matisse's 'Papiers Découpés' series

Small Worlds nr 1 by Wassily Kandinsky Kaitlyn Parker First circulated as a radicalSmall Worlds Nr 1 exemplifies Wassily Kandinsky's belief that painting could function like music abstract, felt rather than read. Produced in the early 1920s, the composition arranges curved and angular forms across a carefully structured ground, generating visual rhythm through contrast and movement. It is a work of the Bauhaus period, where Kandinsky was refining his theories of colour and form into a precise visual language. The result is both