ID 717835
Lot 471 | GEORGES VANTONGERLOO (1886-1965)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
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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| Artist: | Georges Vantongerloo (1886 - 1965) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Artist: | Georges Vantongerloo (1886 - 1965) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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