A LEADED-GLASS WINDOW

DESIGNED BY KEES KUILER, 1929

Details

A LEADED-GLASS WINDOW
DESIGNED BY KEES KUILER, 1929
RECTANGULAR, COMPOSED OF VARIOUSLY SHAPED PIECES OF GLASS IN BLACK, YELLOW, RED AND GREEN TO FORM AN ABSTRACT DECORATION OF TWO FEMALE FIGURES
83.5 X 68 CM.

Provenance

ELTHETOKERK, AMSTERDAM-OOST

Literature

FOR COMPARISON SEE:
JAN JUFFERMANS, MET STILLE TROM, BEELDENDE KUNST EN UTRECHT SINDS 1900, DEN HAAG 1996, P. 55

Sale room notice

PLEASE NOTE THAT KEES KUILER WAS A MEMBER OF THE DE STIJL MOVEMENT AND PUBLISHED SEVERAL ARTICLES IN THE MOVEMENT'S PERIODICAL.
A SIMILAR LEADED-GLASS WINDOW IS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE CENTRAAL MUSEUM IN UTRECHT.

Lot Essay

KEES KUILER (B. 1890), DESIGNER AND DECORATOR, EXHIBITED IN HIS UTRECHT GALLERY DE BESK (1923-1928) WORKS BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD, HILDO KROP AND JOHN RäDECKER. THE SHOWN LOT IS PART OF A LEADED WINDOW WHICH KUILER DESIGNED FOR THE ELTHETO-KERK IN AMSTERDAM-OOST.

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