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 Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud (1890 - 1963).
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Stained-Glass Composition VIII
Details
Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931)
Stained-Glass Composition VIII
stained glass window
34 x 80.5 cm.
Executed in 1918-19.
Stained-Glass Composition VIII
stained glass window
34 x 80.5 cm.
Executed in 1918-19.
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner after the renovation of the Spangen blocks, Rotterdam, in the early 1980's.
Literature
Theo van Doesburg, De Stijl, Volume IV, no. 5 (1921), p. 78 (titled 'Glas-in-lood compositie VII').
S. Polano, Theo van Doesburg: Scritti di arte e architettura, Rome, 1979, pp. 540-41, no. 16 (titled 'Vetrata Composizione VII').
E. Hoek (ed.), Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvre Catalogue, Utrecht, 2000, no. 612.I (illustrated).
S. Polano, Theo van Doesburg: Scritti di arte e architettura, Rome, 1979, pp. 540-41, no. 16 (titled 'Vetrata Composizione VII').
E. Hoek (ed.), Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvre Catalogue, Utrecht, 2000, no. 612.I (illustrated).
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