Description Property from the Collection of Johanna Margarete and Siegbert Stern Wassily Kandinsky 1866 - 1944 Murnau with Church II (Murnau with Church II) signed Kandinsky and dated 1910 (lower right); inscribed by Gabriele Münter on the stretcher oil on canvas 96 by 105.5 cm. 37¾ by 41½ in. Executed in 1910. condition report To request a Condition Report, please contact Emily.Brown@sothebys.com Provenance Siegbert Samuel Stern, Berlin (acquired by 1924) Johanna Margarete Stern-Lippmann, Berlin; Locarno; Amsterdam; Bloemendaal and Hilversum (widow of the above; acquired by inheritance from the above in 1935) Myrtil Frank, Berlin and Amsterdam (probably acquired from the above between December 1941 and April 1943) Karl A. Legat, The Hague Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (acquired from the above in 1951) Restituted to the heirs of Johanna Margarete Stern-Lippmann in 2022 literature Will Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky: Life and Work , London, 1959, no. 613, pp. 60 and 400, illustrated (titled Blick auf Murnau mit Kirche ) Hans K. Roethel and Jean K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, Catalog Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings, vol. I, London, 1982, no. 348, p. 327, illustrated Exhibited Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Œuvres Modernes du musée d'Eindhoven , 1954, no. 11, illustrated (titled L'eglise de Murnau ) Bern, Kunsthalle, complete exhibition Wassily Kandinsky, 1955, no. 18 (titled View of Murnau) Hasselt, Begijnhof Hasselt, De verzameling: Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum Eindhoven , 1959, no. 3, illustrated (titled De kerk te Murnau ) Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, The Collection Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum Eindhove n, 1960 Heerlen, Raadhuis, Het van Abbe Museum te Heerlen , 1962-63 Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Dertig Schildijen uit de Verzameling van het Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, 1965 Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Masterpieces from the Van Abbe Museum Eindhoven, 1968, no. 41, illustrated in color (titled Church in Murnau) Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, 1970, no. 25, illustrated (titled view of Murnau with church) Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Wassily Kandinsky, Rétrospective , 1972, no. 8 (titled Eglise à Murnau ) Nuremberg, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Contemporary Art from the Netherlands: From the Collection of the Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 1974, no. 36, illustrated in color (titled Church of Murnau) Hanover, Kestner Society, Art of the XX. Century from the Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 1976, illustrated in color (titled The Church in Murnau) Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, contemporary art from the collection of the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 1977, no. 23, illustrated (titled Church in Murnau) Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, Dalla natura all'arte, dall'arte alla natura , 1978, no. 1 (titled Chiesa a Murnau ) Dusseldorf, Art Fair, International Art Fair Dusseldorf, 1980 Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Exchange of Contemporary Art Collections, 1983-84 Madrid, Fundación Juan March, El arte del siglo xx en un museo holandés. Museo municipal Van Abbe de Eindhoven , 1984, no. 9, illustrated in color (titled Vista de Murnau con iglesia ) Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Center Georges Pompidou, Kandinsky, 1984-85, p. 25, illustrated in color in the album de l'exposition Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (on loan 9 September - 18 December 1985) Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Der Blaue Reiter, 1986-87, no. 43, p. 53, illustrated Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art and Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kandinsky , 1987, no. 10, p. 51, illustrated in colour Nîmes, Musée d'Art Contemporain, La Collection du Van Abbemuseum d'Eindhoven 1936-1987 , 1988, illustrated (titled Vue de Murnau avec église ) Essen, Museum Folkwang and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh and the Modern Age, 1990-91, no. 172, p. 386, illustrated in colour Paris, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Figures du Moderne: L'Expressionnisme en Allemagne 1905-1914, 1992-93, no. 233, p. 243, illustrated in colour Tokyo, Odakyu Museum; Himeji, Himeji, City Museum of Art; Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Sendai, The Miyagi Museum of Art; Fukushima, The Fukushima Modern Art Museum and Hiratsuka, The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, View of the 20th Century Masterpieces of the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum Eindhoven , 1994-95, no. 12, illustrated in colour Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kandinsky. The Path to Abstraction, 2006-07, no. 26, p. 73, illustrated in colour Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum and Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910, 2012, fig. 127, p. 150 and 173, illustrated in colour Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, Splendor and Principle, 2016-17 Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, The Making of Modern Art - Een verhaal over Moderne Kunst , 2017-21