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Summary

Theo van Doesburg: Sphere

Artist



Alternative names	Emile Küpper, Christian Emil Marie Küpper, I.K. Bonset, Aldo Camini
Description	Dutch architect, painter, drawer and writer
Date of birth/death	30 August 1883	7 March 1931
Location of birth/death	Utrecht	Davos
Work period	1899-1931
Work location	Amsterdam (1899-1914), Amersfoort (September 1908), Apeldoorn (July 1910), Fort bij Veldhuis (Heemskerk) (July 1914), Groesbeek (May 1915-June 1915, September 1916), Utrecht (September 1915-1916), Zoeterwoude (1916), Leiden (1916-1921), Paris (28 March 1921), Weimar (1921-1924), Rügen (July 1922-August 1922), Paris (1923), Clamart (1924-1930), Belle-Île-en-Mer (June 1924), Strasbourg (September 1926-February 1928), San Sebastián (1927), Antrain (Summer 1929 date QS:P,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720564 ), The Hague (1929), Auvers-sur-Oise (September 1930), Meudon (December 1930-February 1931), Davos (March 1931)
Authority file	: Q160422 VIAF: 39646290 ISNI: 0000000121291941 ULAN: 500007926 LCCN: n79133763 NLA: 35039604 WorldCat

Title

Sphere

Object type

painting

Date

Circa 1916

Medium

oil on canvas mounted on plywood

Dimensions

height: 27 cm (10.6 in); width: 37 cm (14.5 in)

Collection

Museum De Lakenhal

	Native name	Museum De Lakenhal
	Location	Leiden
	Coordinates	52° 09′ 47.02″ N, 4° 29′ 15″ E
	Established	1874 / 2013 / 2019
	Website	www.lakenhal.nl
	Authority file	: Q2098586 VIAF: 128760252 ISNI: 0000000123230050 ULAN: 500301313 LCCN: n50057359 GND: 808287-X WorldCat

Accession number

S 4977

Place of creation

Haarlem (?)

Object history

1918: acquired by Georges Vantongerloo (1886-1965), Netherlands, from Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), Leiden by exchange

Unknown date: acquired by Max Bill (1908-1994) from Georges Vantongerloo

Unknown date: acquired by Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, from Max Bill Collection, Zurich

1996: purchased by the Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, from Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp

Exhibition history

Georges Vantongerloo, Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, 15 December 1996–31 March 1997, without cat. no. , p. 201, as Blauwe compositie.

7 × Sikkensprijs, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 20 February 1998–19 April 1998, no catalogue.

Dageraad van de moderne kunst. Leiden en omstreken 1890-1940, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 2 April 1999–29 August 1999, cat.list without no., as Sfeer (Blaues Bild), 1916.

Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 20 October 2009–3 January 2010, Tate Modern, London, 4 February 2010–16 May 2010, ISBN 978-1-85437-872-9, without cat. no. , p. 247, with color image (plate 2) on p. 79, as Sphere, circa 1916.

Inscriptions

verso:

Theo van Doesburg Leyde 1918

Presumably added by George Vantongerloo in 1918

References

Anonymous, Museum De Lakenhal online catalogue, as Sfeer, circa 1916, oil on canvas mounted on plywood.
Anonymous, Vereniging Rembrandt, as Sfeer, circa 1916, oil on canvas mounted on plywood.
Els Hoek (ed.; 2000) Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvrecatalogus, Bussum: Uitgeverij Thot, ISBN 90-6868-255-5, p. 166, cat. no. 480, with color image, as Sfeer, 1916 (presumably ).

Source/Photographer

collectie.lakenhal.nl : Home : Info

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