Vandoesburg_Counter_composition_XIII.jpg
Summary
Theo van Doesburg : Counter-composition XIII | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q160422
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Title |
Counter-composition XIII
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | abstract art | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
between 1925 and 1926
date QS:P571,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1926-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 49.9 cm (19.6 in); width: 50 cm (19.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,49.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,50U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1049033
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Accession number |
76.2553 PG 41
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Place of creation | Clamart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
1927: acquired by François Arp from Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931),
Clamart
(?)
1927: acquired by Dr. Roth,
Strasbourg
(?)
Unknown date
: acquired by Nelly van Doesburg (1899-1975),
Meudon
1940: purchased by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice , from Nelly van Doesburg, Meudon |
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Exhibition history |
Salon des Réalistes Nouvelles, Renaissance plastique. 1re exposition (2me série). Oeuvres des artistes étrangers
, Galerie Charpentier,
Paris
, 30 June 1939–15 July 1939.
Masters of abstract art. An exhibition for the benefit of the American Red Cross
, Helena Rubinstein's New Art Center,
New York City
, 1 April 1942–15 May 1942, cat.
no.
15, as 1928.
Theo van Doesburg, Retrospective exhibition
, Art of this Century Gallery,
New York City
, 29 April 1947–31 May 1947, cat.
no.
29.
La Collezione Peggy Guggenheim
, XXIV Biennale,
Venice
, June 1948, cat.
no.
31, as 1928.
La Collezione Guggenheim
, Palazzo Strozzi,
Florence
, 19 February 1949–10 March 1949, Palazzo Reale,
Milan
, June 1949, cat.
no.
31, as 1928.
Surréalisme + abstraction. Choix de la collection Peggy Guggenheim
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Surrealisme + abstractie. Keuze uit de verzameling Peggy Guggenheim
, Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam
, 19 January 1951–26 February 1951, Palais der beaux-arts,
City of Brussels
, ?–?, cat.
no.
39.
Moderne Kunst aus der Sammlung Peggy Guggenheim
, Kunsthaus,
Zürich
, April 1951–May 1951, cat.
no.
35.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection
, Tate Gallery,
London
, 31 December 1964–7 March 1965, cat.
no.
34.
Peggy Guggenheims samling från Venedig
, Moderna museet,
Stockholm
, 26 November 1966–8 January 1967, cat.
no.
35, p. 24.
Theo van Doesburg
, Van Abbemuseum,
Eindhoven
, 13 December 1968–26 January 1969, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag,
The Hague
, 17 February 1969–23 March 1969, cat.
no.
A35.
Theo van Doesburg 1883-1931/Konstruktive Kunst
, Kunsthalle Nürnberg,
Nuremberg
, 18 April 1969–1 June 1969, Kunsthalle Basel,
Basel
, 9 August 1969–7 September 1969, cat.
no.
A30.
Art du XXe siècle. Fondation Peggy Guggenheim, Venise
, Orangerie des Tuileries,
Paris
, 30 November 1974–3 March 1975, cat.
no.
31.
La collezione Peggy Guggenheim, Venezia. Arte del XX secolo
, Galleria d'arte moderna,
Turin
, 3 December 1975–29 February 1976, cat.
no.
41.
60 works. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection
, The Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York City
, 18 November 1982–13 March 1983, cat.
no.
19, p. 25, with color image.
Mondrian e De Stijl. L'ideale moderno
, Fondazione Giorgio Cini,
Venice
, 19 May 1990–2 September 1990, cat.
no.
70, p. 200.
From Van Gogh to Picasso, from Kandinsky to Pollock. Masterpieces of modern art
, Palazzo Grassi,
Venice
, 9 September 1990–9 December 1990, cat.
no.
60, p. 240, with image.
Obras maestras de la collección Guggenheim. De Picasso a Pollock
, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia,
Madrid
, 17 January 1991–13 May 1991, cat.
no.
64, with color image.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom left:
THÉO V.D. 1926
Signature verso :
DOESBURG
Title and date verso on the canvas stretcher:
CONTRE-COMP: XIII 1926
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References |
Anonymous Unknown author , Peggy Guggenheim Collection , as Counter-Composition XIII (Contra-Compositie XIII) , 1925-1926, 49.9 × 50 cm (19.6 × 19.6 in). Anonymous Unknown author , RKDimages, Art-work number 215686 , as Contra-composition XIII , 1926, 50 × 50 cm (19.6 × 19.6 in)
Gladys Fabre and Doris Wintgens Hötte (ed.; 2009)
Van Doesburg & the international avant-garde. Constructing a new world
, [London]: Tate Publishing,
ISBN
978-1-85437-872-9
, p. 59, 259, as
Counter-Composition XIII
, 1925-1926, 50 × 50 cm (19.6 × 19.6 in), with color image (ill. 52) on p. 64.
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Source/Photographer | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice |
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