Lot Essay
In 1918-1919 Van Doesburg designed the stained glass windows above the doors of the Rotterdam Spangen housing project - blocks I and V designed by the architect J.J. Oud.
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Stained-Glass Composition VIII
Details
Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931)
Stained-Glass Composition VIII
stained glass
34.5 x 81.5 cm.
Executed in 1918-19
Stained-Glass Composition VIII
stained glass
34.5 x 81.5 cm.
Executed in 1918-19
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner during the renovation of the Spangen blocks, Rotterdam, circa 1985.
Literature
De Stijl, Volume IV, no. 5 (1921), p. 78, (titled 'Glas-in-lood compositie VII').
S. Polano, Theo van Doesburg. Scritti di arte e di architettura, Rome 1979, pp. 540-41, no. arch 16 (titled 'Vetrata compositione VII').
E. Hoek (ed.), Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvre catalogus, Utrecht 2000, no. 612.I (illustration of another window).
S. Polano, Theo van Doesburg. Scritti di arte e di architettura, Rome 1979, pp. 540-41, no. arch 16 (titled 'Vetrata compositione VII').
E. Hoek (ed.), Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvre catalogus, Utrecht 2000, no. 612.I (illustration of another window).
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