SOUNDS

A dazzling yet little-known artists book that distills the painters seminal interests in abstraction and the unity of the arts Wassily Kandinsky (18661944) was a Russian pioneer of abstract painting whose work has influenced generations of artists. His Sounds (Klänge) of 1912 is one of the earliest, most beautiful examples of a 20th-century artists book. Its sound poems are alternately narrative and expressive, witty and simple in form.