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Summary

Theo van Doesburg: Composition XX

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

Composition XX

Object type

painting

Genre

abstract art

Date

1920

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 92 cm (36.2 in); width: 71 cm (27.9 in)

Collection

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
	Location	Madrid , Spain
	Coordinates	40° 24′ 57.75″ N, 3° 41′ 41.73″ W
	Established	1992
	Website	www.museothyssen.org
	Authority file	: Q176251 VIAF: 135949719 ISNI: 000000041777634X ULAN: 500302400 LCCN: nr95022080 OSM: 1869336 WorldCat

Accession number

528 (1979.4)

Place of creation

Leiden

Object history

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

circa 1948: purchased by Burton Tremaine (1919-2008), Meriden, Connecticut, from Nelly van Doesburg, Meudon
Unknown date: acquired by Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York City

1979: purchased by Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1921-2002) from Andrew Crispo Gallery

1992: transferred to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Exhibition history

Retrospektiv Theo van Doesburg, Landesmuseum, Weimar, 16 December 1923–23 January 1924, cat. no. 28, as Komposition XX, 1921.

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

, no catalog.

Les Surindépendants, 26 October 1929–25 November 1929, Parc des expositions de la porte de Versailles, Paris, Cat.no. 302, as Composition, 1920.

‘1940’, Deuxième exposition, Rétrospective Van Doesburg, Parc des expositions de la porte de Versailles, Paris, 15 January 1932–1 February 1932, cat. no. 41, as Composition, 1920.

Theo van Doesburg, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2 May 1936–31 May 1936, cat. no. 50, p. 102, as Compositie, 1920.

Liniens Sammenslutning, Efter-expressionisme, abstrakt kunst, neoplasticisme, surrealisme (?), Den frie Udstilling's Bygning, Copenhagen, 1 September 1937–13 September 1937, cat. no. 16, as Toile composition, 1920.

Art Concret, 15 June 1945–13 July 1945, Galerie René Drouin, Paris, Cat.no. 11, as Composition, 1920.

Theo van Doesburg, Retrospective exhibition, Art of this Century Gallery, New York City, 29 April 1947–31 May 1947, cat. no. 26, as Composition, 1919-1920.

Walt Kuhn, Lyonel Feininger and Theo van Doesburg (?), June 1947–15 July 1947, County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, no catalogue.

Theo van Doesburg, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 29 July 1947–24 August 1947, no catalogue.

Theo van Doesburg, Paintings, drawings, photographs and architectural drawings, The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Chicago, 15 October 1947–8 November 1947, cat. no. 25, as Composition, 1920.

Theo van Doesburg (?), Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 20 November 1947–12 December 1947, no catalogue.

Exhibition Van Doesburg, Robinson Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, 5 January 1948–23 January 1948, cat. no. 26, as Composition, 1919.

Painters of De Stijl. Debut of abstract art in Holland, 1917-21, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City, 17 May 1951–2 June 1951.

De Stijl, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 6 July 1951–25 September 1951, cat. no. 81, as Compositie, 1921.

25th anniversary exhibition. From Picasso to Dubuffet, from Brancusi to Giacometti, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City, 2 October 1973–3 November 1973, ill. 123.

Mondrian und De Stijl, Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, May 1979–August 1979, without cat. no. , p. 109, as Composition, 1919.

Masters in 20th century art, 2 October 1979–3 November 1979, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City, no catalogue.

The spirit of modernism. The Tremaine Collection: 20th Century masters, 26 February 1984–29 April 1984, The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, as Composition, 1919.

Meisterwerke des 15.-20. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, Nationalgalerie, Budapest, 3 October 1985–1 December 1985, Neue Galerie, Szombathely, 13 December 1985–9 February 1986, Cat.no. 42, p. 121, as Kompozíció, 1919/1920.

Pioniere der abstrakten Kunst aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, 1 September 1986–30 September 1986, Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, p. 82.

Wege zur Abstraktion. 80 Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, Villa Vauban, Luxembourg, 30 April 1988–18 July 1988, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 13 August 1988–9 October 1988, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 10 November 1988–15 January 1989, Cat.no. 15, p. 52-53, as Komposition, 1919-1920.

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. 248, no image, as Composition XX, 1920.

References

AnonymousUnknown author, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, as Composición XX, 1920.

AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 215665, as Composition XX, 1920

Merz, no. 2 (April 1923): p. 21, as Kompositie 20. See Digital Dada Library.

Els Hoek (ed.; 2000) Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvrecatalogus, Bussum: Uitgeverij Thot, ISBN 90-6868-255-5, p. 268, cat. no. 651, with color image, as Compositie XX, 1920.

Source/Photographer

www.museothyssen.org : Home : Info : Pic

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