Prasanna (b. 1935, India – later USA)

Title: Kandinsky
Date: 1972
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 76 × 101 cm
Frame: Leistenrahmen (strip frame)
Signature: Signed and dated (19)72

Additional Work Included:

• Title: Small Village in Yellow (Kl. Dorf in Gelb)
• Date: 1971
• Medium: Oil on Canvas
• Dimensions: 30 × 41 cm
• Frame: Leistenrahmen (strip frame)
• Signature: Signed and dated (19)71

Provenance & Documentation:

• Comes with a handwritten letter by the artist (1981) referring to the 1973 purchase.
• Mention of an exhibition reference at Siemens Erlangen.

Description:

This vibrant abstract composition, titled Kandinsky, reflects Prasanna’s deep engagement with modernist abstraction, particularly influenced by Wassily Kandinsky’s dynamic color theory and expressive form. The bold color contrasts and gestural brushwork create an energetic visual rhythm, characteristic of 20th-century abstract expressionism.

The companion piece, Small Village in Yellow, presents a more structured yet equally dynamic composition, where color and form interact to convey a stylized landscape interpretation.

Prasanna, an Indian-born artist who later moved to the United States, developed a style that merges modernist abstraction with Eastern influences, establishing a unique visual language in his work.