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Theo van Doesburg: Composition XII in Black and White  wikidata:Q2259098 reasonator:Q2259098
Artist
Theo van Doesburg  (1883–1931)  wikidata:Q160422 s:en:Author:Theo van Doesburg q:en:Theo van Doesburg
 
Theo van Doesburg
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 Edit this at Wikidata 7 March 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
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)
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artist QS:P170,Q160422
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Composition XII in Black and White
label QS:Lit,"Composizione XII in bianco e nero"
label QS:Lfr,"Composition XII en noir et blanc"
label QS:Len,"Composition XII in Black and White"
label QS:Lde,"Komposition XII in Schwarz und Weiß"
label QS:Lnl,"Compositie XII in zwart en wit"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre abstract art Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1918
date QS:P571,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 74.5 cm (29.3 in); width: 54.5 cm (21.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,74.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,54.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q194626
Accession number
H 1937.1
Place of creation Leiden
Object history

1931: inherited by Nelly van Doesburg (1899-1975), Meudon, from Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), Meudon

1937: purchased by the Emanuel Hoffman Stiftung from Nelly van Doesburg, Meudon

1940: lent to the Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, by theEmanuel Hoffman Stiftung
Exhibition history

Exposition internationale d’art moderne, Palais Electorale, Geneva, 26 December 1920–25 January 1921, p. 29, cat. no.  28, as Composition (XII en blac et noir, 1918).

Retrospektiv Theo van Doesburg, Landesmuseum, Weimar, 16 December 1923–23 January 1924, cat.list no. 27 (?), as Komposition XIII, 1917.

Retrospektiv Theo van Doesburg (?), March 1924–15 April 1924, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover

, no catalog.

Theo van Doesburg. Bilder, Zeichnungen, Entwürfe, Glasmalerei, Der Quader, Hanover

, 1 March 1925–late March 1925
date QS:P,+1925-03-00T00:00:00Z/10,P4241,Q40719766
, no catalogue.

‘1940’, Deuxième exposition, Rétrospective Van Doesburg, Parc des expositions de la porte de Versailles, Paris, 15 January 1932–1 February 1932, cat. no.  35, as Composition XII, 1918.

Theo van Doesburg, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2 May 1936–31 May 1936, cat. no.  41, p. 102, with image on p. 97, as Compositie XII, 1918.

Theo van Doesburg, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 13 December 1968–26 January 1969, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 17 February 1969–23 March 1969, cat. no.  A19, p. VII, with image (A19), as Compositie XII, 1918 (Compositie in zwart en wit).

Theo van Doesburg 1883-1931/Konstruktive Kunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, 18 April 1969–1 June 1969, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, 9 August 1969–7 September 1969, cat. no.  A16, p. VII, image A16, as Composition XII, 1918 (Komposition in Schwarz und Weiss).

Die Sammlung der Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum, Basel, 7 November 1970–24 January 1971, p. 54-55, cat. no.  53, as Composition en blanc et noir, 1918.

Tendenzen der zwanziger Jahre, 14 August 1977–16 October 1977, Neue Nationalgalerie SMPK/Akademie der Künste/Grosse Orangerie des Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Cat.no. 1/169, p. 1/122.

Traum vom Absoluten/Dream of the absolute, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 15 May 1995–18 October 1995, p. 63, cat. no.  12, as Composition en blanc et noir, 1918.
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Sd’o EXPOSITION DE LA SECTION D’OR DE PARIS / Nom Theo van Doesburg / Titre Composition en blanc et noir 1918 / Propriétaire ... / Prix 750 francs / le 16 Novembre 1920 / Adresse Leyde (Hollande) Haarl:str: 73a
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References

Lijst 1, as ‘Compositie XIV ... 1918 (wit/zwart. Landschap)’.

Els Hoek (ed.; 2000) Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvrecatalogus, Bussum: Uitgeverij Thot, ISBN 90-6868-255-5, p. 229, cat. no.  585, with image in black and white, as Compositie XII in zwart en wit, 1918.

H.L.C. Jaffé (1983) Theo van Doesburg, [Amsterdam]: Meulenhoff/Landshoff, ISBN 90-290-8272-0, p. 48-51.

Polano, Sergio (1979) Theo van Doesburg. Scritti di arte e di architettura, Roma: Officina Edizione, cat. no.  PITT/128, p. 528, as Composizione XII in bianco e nero, 1918.
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