Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931)

Stained-Glass Composition VIII

Details

Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931)
Stained-Glass Composition VIII
stained glass window
34 x 80.5 cm.
Executed in 1918-1919

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner after the renovation of the Spangen blocks, Rotterdam, in the early 1980s.

Literature

Theo van Doesburg, De Stijl, Volume IV, no. 5 (1921), p. 78 (titled 'Glas-in-lood compositie VII').
S. Polano, Theo van Doesburg. Scritti di arte e archittetura, Rome 1979, pp. 540-41, no. 16 (titled 'Vetrata Composizione VII').
E. Hoek (ed.), Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvre Catalogue, Utrecht 2000, no. 612.I (illustrated).

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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.P. Oud (1890-1963).

Van Doesburg used the figurative work on paper The Blue-gate Bridge with Horse and Cart as the basis for this abstract stained-glass composition.

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