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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1987.87
People
Theo van Doesburg, Dutch (Utrecht, Netherlands 1883 - 1931 Davos, Switzerland)
Title
Construction of Colors
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Construction des couleurs
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1923
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221395

Physical Descriptions

Medium
gouache and graphite over print on paper, wrapped around wooden stretcher
Dimensions
57 x 57 cm (22 7/16 x 22 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nelly van Doesburg, sold; to Fredric Wertham, 1947 or 1949, gift of his wife Hesketh; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1987.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Fredric Wertham Collection, Gift of his wife Hesketh
Accession Year
1987
Object Number
1987.87
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 72, ill.
  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 132

Exhibition History

  • Theo van Doesburg Painter Poet Architect, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, 03/12/2000 - 06/18/2000
  • HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/09/2008 - 03/02/2008

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