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, no. arch 16, (titled 'Vetrata compositione VII').
E. Hoek (ed.), Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvre catalogue, Utrecht, 2000, no. 612.I, (illustrated).
S. Polano, Theo van Doesburg. Scritti di arte e di architettura, Rome, 1979, pp. 540-41, no. arch 16, (titled 'Vetrata compositione VII').
E. Hoek (ed.), Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvre catalogue, Utrecht, 2000, no. 612.I, (illustrated).
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