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GEORGES VANTONGERLOO (1886-1965)

Lot 471
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ID 717835
Lot 471 | GEORGES VANTONGERLOO (1886-1965)
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£ 250 000 – 350 000
GEORGES VANTONGERLOO (1886-1965)

Courbes

signed, dated and inscribed 'Courbes Paris 1939 G. Vantongerloo' (on the reverse)

oil on masonite

24 1⁄4 x 13 7⁄8 in. (61.5 x 35.4 cm.)

Painted in Paris in 1939







Provenance

Galerie Hans Meyer, Dusseldorf.

Acquired from the above by the present owner on 8 December 1988.





Literature

J.D. Fullaondo, "Georges Vantongerloo desde El Stijl a la Aurora Boreal," in Nueva Forma, no. 75, Stijl, Georges Vantongerloo, April 1972, no. 4, p. 23 (illustrated).





Exhibited

Freiburg, Kunstverein, Max Bill, Julius Bissier, Georges Vantongerloo, September 1951, no. 65.

London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Georges Vantongerloo, November 1962, no. 147, p. 24 (illustrated).

Zurich, Galerie Lopes, Georges Vantongerloo, May - July 1977, no. 147, p. 33.

Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Georges Vantongerloo, April - June 1980, no. 147, p. 119 (illlustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, July - September 1980 and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October - December 1980.

Brussels, Musée royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Georges Vantongerloo, January - March 1981, no. 147, p. 119 (incorrect orientation of the work illustrated).

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Georges Vantongerloo, April - May 1981, no. 147, p. 103 (incorrect orientation of the work illustrated).

Zurich, Haus für Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Von Albers bis Paik, konstruktive Werke aus der Sammlung Daimler Chrysler, May - July 2000, no. 2, p. 96 (illustrated p. 14).





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