Three Elements

Three Elements is a March 1925 abstract painting by the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky.

Three Elements
German: Drei Elemente, French: Trois éléments
Artist	Wassily Kandinsky
Year	1925
Catalogue	295
Medium	oil painting on cardboard
Movement	Abstract art
Subject	a red square, a yellow triangle and a blue circle among coulours and shapes
Dimensions	68 cm × 48 cm (27 in × 19 in); also given as 69.5 × 49.5 cm (27.4 × 19.5 in)[1][2]
Location	Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg
Accession	2002

History

Kandinsky presented it to his nephew Alexandre Kojève, in whose family it remained after Kojève's death in 1968. The painting was bought in 2002 from Kojève's widow, Nina Ivanoff (also spelled Ivanov) and is now in the Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 55.002.3.1.^[3][4]

See also

• List of paintings by Wassily Kandinsky
• 1925 in art