Lot 164: THEO VAN DOESBURG | Untitled

collage and gouache on paper laid down on paper

49.9 x 35.1 cm; 19 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.

collage and gouache on paper laid down on paper

Executed on tracing paper, mounted on thin paper, floating in its mount. The edges of the sheet are unevenly cut. There is a repaired tear (approx 1.5 cm long) to the centre of the right edge and multiple flattened creases throughout the sheet, some relating to the laying down process. There is a network of paint shrinkage in the white pigment resulting in scattered flecks of paint loss. There are faint spots of foxing throughout the mount. There are a few tears intermittently to the lower and upper edges of the mount and pinholes to all four corners. Both sheets are gently undulating. This work is in fairly good condition.
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London, The Mayor Gallery, 2000, no. 3179
New York, Ubu Gallery (possibly)
Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, 2006, illustrated in the catalogue p. 31

 

Joaquín Torres-García  (gift from the artist in 1929)
Private collection (by descent from the above)
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by Dr. Arthur Brandt on May 15, 1988