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Summary
Theo van Doesburg: Composition X
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| Title |
Composition X |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 64 cm (25.1 in); width: 43 cm (16.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
5th floor, allée centrale Sud |
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| Accession number |
AM 2001-44 |
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| Place of creation | Leiden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
1921 (?): acquired by Lena Milius (1889-1968) from Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931) Unknown date: acquired by Nelly van Doesburg (1899-1931), Meudon, from Lena Milius, The Hague Unknown date: acquired by Oskar Müller-Widmann, Basel Unknown date: acquired by Aja Petsold-Müller, Basel |
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| Exhibition history |
Junge Niederländische Kunst (1. Ausländische Austauch-Ausstellung), Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, 4 December 1920–...., Leipzig, January 1921 (?), Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1921, Hamburger Hansa Werkstätten, Hamburg, 1921, Düsseldorf, July 1921–August 1921, Cat.no. 10, as Komposition 10, 1917. De Branding. 10 jaar, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 19 December 1925–1 January 1926, Oude Postkantoor, Rotterdam, 17 January 1926–31 January 1926, cat. no. 14, as 1917. ‘1940’, Deuxième exposition, Rétrospective Van Doesburg, Parc des expositions de la porte de Versailles, Paris, 15 January 1932–1 February 1932, cat. no. 39, p. 5. Theo van Doesburg (?), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2 May 1936–31 May 1936, cat. no. 39, p. 102, as Compositie in grauw, 1918. Liniens Sammenslutning, Efter-expressionisme, abstrakt kunst, neoplasticisme, surrealisme (?), Den frie Udstilling's Bygning, Copenhagen, 1 September 1937–13 September 1937, cat. no. 15, p. 6, as Toile composition en gris, 1918. Baseler Privatbesitz, Kunsthalle, Basel, 4 July 1957–29 September 1957, Cat.no. 187. 31 Gestalter einer totalen visuellen Synthese. Neue Richtungen in der plastisch-kinetisch integrierten Sichtbarkeit, Galerie d'Art Moderne, Basel, 14 July 1962–27 September 1962, cat. no. 11. L'art en Europe autour de 1918, À l'ancienne Douane, Strasbourg, 8 May 1968–15 September 1968, Cat.no. 45, p. 123-124, as Composition, 1918. 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. A16. 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. A14. |
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| Credit line | Purchased by the Musée national d'art moderne in memory of Sylvie Boissonnas with the participation of the Clarence Westbury Foundation, the Scaler Foundation and the Fonds du Patrimoine. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
Monogram and date bottom right:
19 TVD 18
verso on the frame:
Kunstschau der Hansa Werkstätten nr. 8
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| References |
Anonymous, Centre Pompidou, as Composition X, 1918. Lijst 1, as ‘Compositie X 1917 (stilleven met vrouw) Milius’. Els Hoek (ed.; 2000) Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvrecatalogus, Bussum: Uitgeverij Thot, ISBN 90-6868-255-5, p. 230-231, cat. no. 588, with color image. |
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| Source/Photographer | www.centrepompidou.fr : Home : Info : Pic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 09:52, 31 January 2016 | | 527 × 783 (108 KB) | Vincent Steenberg | higher resolution |
| 20:33, 18 July 2008 |  | 395 × 587 (35 KB) | Vincent Steenberg | {{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }} | |
| 00:40, 28 December 2007 |  | 406 × 600 (93 KB) | Vincent Steenberg | {{Information |Description=Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931). ''Composition X.'' 1918. Oil on canvas. 64 × 43 cm. Paris, Centre Pompidou. |Source=http://www.centrepompidou.fr |Date=1918 |Author=Theo van Doesburg |Permission= |other_versions= }} |
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