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The Stiftung Hans Arp und Sophie Taeuber-Arp has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir
Details
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)
Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir
gouache on paper
10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (27 x 35 cm.)
Executed in 1936
Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir
gouache on paper
10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (27 x 35 cm.)
Executed in 1936
Provenance
The artist's estate (no. 1936/4).
Acquired from the above by the parents of the present owner by 1948, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the parents of the present owner by 1948, and thence by descent.
Literature
G. Schmidt, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Basel, 1948, no. 1936/4, p. 139.
Exhibited
Aargau, Kunsthaus, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, zum 100. Geburtstag, April - May 1989, this exhibition later travelled to Lugano, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, May - July 1989; Museum der Stadt Ulm, July - September 1989; and Kunstmuseum Bochum, September - October 1989.
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