LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas in the artist's painted frame

Measurements:

40.75 in. (103.50 cm.) (height) by 32.87 in. (83.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

stencilled with the signature and dated 'C DOMELA 1926' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Hanover, Kunstverein Hanover, Herbstausstellung Hannoverscher Künstler, 1927. Amsterdam, Stedlijk Museum, De Stijl, 1951 (illustrated). São Paolo, Museo de Arte Moderna, César Domela, 1954; this exhibition later travelled to Rio de Janeiro, Museo de Arte Moderna. New York, Galerie Chalette, Construction and Geometry in Painting, From Malevich to Tomorrow, 1960, no. 57; this exhibition later travelled to Cincinnati, Contemporary Art Centre, Chicago, Arts Club and San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Arts. Austin, Texas, University Art Museum, Art of the 1920s in Europe and America, 1972, no. 36. Hannover, Sprengel Museum, César Domela, August - October 2007, no.15. The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, César Domela, November 2007 - April 2008, no. 15. The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Mondrian & De Stijl group, September 2011- April 2013.

Literature:

H.C.L. Jaffé, De Stijl, 1917-1931, The Dutch Contribution to Modern Art, Amsterdam, 1956, no. 44. A. Clairet, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Paris, 1978, no. 30 (illustrated p. 81). H.C.L. Jaffé, Domela, Paris, 1980, no. 30 (illustrated p. 51).

Provenance:

Dr. Arthur & Madeleine Lewja, New York. Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne. Christian Fishbacher by whom acquired from the above in 1979; sale, Christie's, London, 7 February 2007, lot 402. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.