The multimedia guide to "New Harmony: Abstraction between the Wars, 1919–1939" explores artworks from the Guggenheim’s 20th-century collection. This work embodies Vasily Kandinsky’s theories of synesthesia, the idea that color can communicate sound and vice-versa.
Vasily Kandinsky, "Three Sounds," August 1926. Oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (59.9 x 59.6 cm), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift. © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris