Théo VAN DOESBURG
DOESBURG, THEO VAN
1883 Utrecht - 1931 Davos
Title:
Glass-in-lood-compositie VIII.
Date:
1918/19.
Technique:
Coloured glass in let frame.
Measurement:
34.5 x 81cm.
Frame/Pedestal:
Acrylic glass box frame. Not examined out of the frame.
There is a copy of a confirmation from Evert van Straaten, former director of the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, dated 8 April 1991.
Provenance:
- Stichting PRO-pro art and architecture, Dordrecht/Niederlande
- Galerie Stolz, Cologne
- Collection Hilmar Kopper, Rothenbach
Literature:
- Hoek, Els: Theo van Doesburg - Oeuvre Catalogue, Bussum 2000, cat. rais. no. 612, ill.
- Straaten, Evert van/Moorsel, Wies van: Theo van Doesburg 1883-1931, 's-Gravenhage 1983, p. 84f.
- Straaten, Evert van: Theo van Doesburg - Schilder en Architekt, 's-Gravenhage 1988, p. 60-63, 75
- Theo van Doesburg was the intellectual head of the Dutch De Stijl movement
- Strict geometric forms and clarity of colour characterise the works of the De Stijl artists, including Piet Mondrian
- The work shows van Doesburg's oscillation between applied and liberal art.
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