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.
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Stained-Glass Composition VIII
Details
Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931)
Stained-Glass Composition VIII
stained glass
80.5 x 34 cm.
Executed in 1918-19.
Stained-Glass Composition VIII
stained glass
80.5 x 34 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, as: glas-in-lood compositie VII.
S. Polano, Theo van Doesburg. Scritti di arte e di architettura, Rome 1979, pp. 540-41, cat.no. arch 16, as: Vetrata Composizione VII.
E. Hoek (ed.), Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvre Catalogue, Utrecht 2000, no. 612.I, ill..
S. Polano, Theo van Doesburg. Scritti di arte e di architettura, Rome 1979, pp. 540-41, cat.no. arch 16, as: Vetrata Composizione VII.
E. Hoek (ed.), Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvre Catalogue, Utrecht 2000, no. 612.I, ill..
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Please note that the entry should read: Executed in 1918-19.
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