Artist |
Theo van Doesburg
(1883–1931) |
![Theo van Doesburg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Theo_van_Doesburg_in_military_service.JPG/120px-Theo_van_Doesburg_in_military_service.JPG) |
Alternative names |
Emile Küpper, Christian Emil Marie Küpper, I.K. Bonset, Aldo Camini |
Description |
Dutch architect, painter, drawer and writer |
Date of birth/death |
30 August 1883 ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
7 March 1931 ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Location of birth/death |
Utrecht |
Davos |
Work period |
1899-1931 |
Work location |
Amsterdam (1899-1914), Amersfoort (September 1908), Apeldoorn (July 1910), Fort bij Veldhuis ( Heemskerk) (July 1914), Groesbeek (May 1915-June 1915, September 1916), Utrecht (September 1915-1916), Zoeterwoude (1916), Leiden (1916-1921), Paris (28 March 1921), Weimar (1921-1924), Rügen (July 1922-August 1922), Paris (1923), Clamart (1924-1930), Belle-Île-en-Mer (June 1924), Strasbourg (September 1926-February 1928), San Sebastián (1927), Antrain (Summer 1929 date QS:P,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720564 ), The Hague (1929), Auvers-sur-Oise (September 1930), Meudon (December 1930-February 1931), Davos (March 1931) |
Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q160422 |
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Object history |
1931: inherited by Nelly van Doesburg (1899-1975), Meudon, from Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), Meudon
1947 or 1948date QS:P,+1947-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1947-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1948-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : acquired by Dorothy Erskine, née Ward (1896-1982), San Francisco, from Nelly van Doesburg, Meudon
Unknown date: inherited by N.N., United States of America, from Dorothy Erskine, née Ward, San Francisco
8 February 2012: sale of the collection of N.N., United States of America, at Christie's, London, lot no. 470, for GBP 121,250
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Exhibition history |
‘1940’, Deuxième exposition, Rétrospective Van Doesburg, Parc des expositions de la porte de Versailles, Paris, 15 January 1932–1 February 1932, cat. no. 17?, p. 4, as Portrait, 1911.
Theo van Doesburg, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2 May 1936–31 May 1936, cat. no. 16, p. 101, as Zelfportret, 1911.
Theo van Doesburg, Retrospective exhibition, Art of this Century Gallery, New York City, 29 April 1947–31 May 1947, cat. no. 6, as Portrait de l'artiste, 1911.
Walt Kuhn, Lyonel Feininger and Theo van Doesburg (?), June 1947–15 July 1947, County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, no catalogue.
Theo van Doesburg, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 29 July 1947–24 August 1947, no catalogue.
Theo van Doesburg (?), September 1947, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, no catalogue.
Theo van Doesburg, Paintings, drawings, photographs and architectural drawings, The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Chicago, 15 October 1947–8 November 1947, cat. no. 3, as Portrait of the artist, 1911, oil.
Theo van Doesburg (?), Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 20 November 1947–12 December 1947, no catalogue.
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References |
Els Hoek (ed.; 2000) Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvrecatalogus, Bussum: Uitgeverij Thot, ISBN 90-6868-255-5, p. 148-149, cat. no. 419, with image in black and white, on p. 148, as Zelfportret, 1915, presumably , height: 38 cm (14.9 in); width: 28 cm (11 in) dimensions QS:P2048,38U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,28U174728 .
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