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Summary

Theo van Doesburg: Tree  wikidata:Q2441222 reasonator:Q2441222
Artist
Theo van Doesburg  (1883–1931)  wikidata:Q160422 s:en:Author:Theo van Doesburg q:en:Theo van Doesburg
 
Theo van Doesburg
Alternative names
Emile Küpper, Christian Emil Marie Küpper, I.K. Bonset, Aldo Camini
Description Dutch architect, painter, drawer and writer
Date of birth/death 30 August 1883 Edit this at Wikidata 7 March 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Utrecht Edit this at Wikidata Davos Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1899-1931
Work location
Amsterdam (1899-1914), Amersfoort (September 1908), Apeldoorn (July 1910), Fort bij Veldhuis (Heemskerk) (July 1914), Groesbeek (May 1915-June 1915, September 1916), Utrecht (September 1915-1916), Zoeterwoude (1916), Leiden (1916-1921), Paris (28 March 1921), Weimar (1921-1924), Rügen (July 1922-August 1922), Paris (1923), Clamart (1924-1930), Belle-Île-en-Mer (June 1924), Strasbourg (September 1926-February 1928), San Sebastián (1927), Antrain (Summer 1929
date QS:P,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720564
), The Hague (1929), Auvers-sur-Oise (September 1930), Meudon (December 1930-February 1931), Davos (March 1931)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q160422
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Tree Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lfr,"Arbre"
label QS:Lde,"Baum"
label QS:Len,"Tree"
label QS:Lnl,"Boom"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date Circa 28 July 1916
date QS:P571,+1916-07-28T00:00:00Z/11,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 68.5 cm (26.9 in); width: 54 cm (21.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,68.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,54U174728
institution QS:P195,Q279049
Current location
Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1st floor, Mary Beth and Roger Burpee Gallery
Accession number
53.25
Place of creation Haarlem (?)
Object history

1931: inherited by Nelly van Doesburg (1899-1975), Meudon, from Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), Meudon

1947 or 1948
date QS:P,+1947-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1947-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1948-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Jan de Graaf, Category:Portland, Oregon, from Nelly van Doesburg, Meudon
1953: given to the Portland Art Museum, Category:Portland, Oregon, by Mr. and Mrs. Jan de Graaf, Category:Portland, Oregon
Exhibition history

De Onafhankelijken. 8e tentoonstelling, Amsterdam, November 1916–December 1916, cat. no.  82, as Boom.

De Sphinx. Catalogus der eerste tentoonstelling van leden en genoodigden, De Harmonie, Leiden, 18 January 1917–31 January 1917, cat. no.  11, as Schilderij (motief: boom).

Exposition internationale d’art moderne, Palais Electorale, Geneva, 26 December 1920–25 January 1921, cat. no.  25, as L'arbre.

La Section d'Or - Paris, Casa d'Arte Italiana, Rome, April 1921.

Retrospektiv Theo van Doesburg, Landesmuseum, Weimar, 16 December 1923–23 January 1924, cat. no.  9, as Komposition (Motiv-Baum).

Retrospektiv Theo van Doesburg (?), March 1924–15 April 1924, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover

, no catalog.

‘1940’, Deuxième exposition, Rétrospective Van Doesburg, Parc des expositions de la porte de Versailles, Paris, 15 January 1932–1 February 1932, cat. no.  22, p. 4, as L'Arbre-Maisons.

Theo van Doesburg, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2 May 1936–31 May 1936, cat. no.  26, p. 102, as Boom met huizen.

Theo van Doesburg, Retrospective exhibition, Art of this Century Gallery, New York City, 29 April 1947–31 May 1947, cat. no.  14, as Arbre avec maisons.

Walt Kuhn, Lyonel Feininger and Theo van Doesburg (?), June 1947–15 July 1947, County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, no catalogue.

Theo van Doesburg, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 29 July 1947–24 August 1947, no catalogue, see RKDimages.

Theo van Doesburg (?), September 1947, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, no catalogue.

Theo van Doesburg, Paintings, drawings, photographs and architectural drawings, The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Chicago, 15 October 1947–8 November 1947, cat. no.  7, as Tree with houses.

Theo van Doesburg (?), Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 20 November 1947–12 December 1947, no catalogue.

Exhibition Van Doesburg, Robinson Hall, Harvard University, Category:Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5 January 1948–23 January 1948, cat. no.  14, as Arbre avec maisons.

Theo van Doesburg, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 13 December 1968–26 January 1969, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 17 February 1969–23 March 1969, cat. no.  A8, with image (A8) on p. 76, as Drie huizen (vroegere titel: De boom met huizen).

Theo van Doesburg 1883-1931/Konstruktive Kunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, 18 April 1969–1 June 1969, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, 9 August 1969–7 September 1969, cat. no.  A7, image A7, as Drei Häuser (früher: Baum mit Häuser).

De Stijl, 1917-1931, Visions of Utopia, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 31 January 1982 - 28 March 1982, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 20 April 1982–27 June 1982, cat. no.  4, as Tree with Houses.

De Stijl, 1917-1931, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, 6 August 1982–4 October 1982, Cat.no. 5, as Schilderij (motief: Boom).

Dreams and nightmares. Utopian visions in modern art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery, Washington, D.C., 8 December 1983–12 February 1984, Cat.no. 59, as Tree with Houses.

Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 20 October 2009–3 January 2010, Tate Modern, London, 4 February 2010–16 May 2010, ISBN 978-1-85437-872-9, without cat. no.  , p. 247, with color image (plate 9) on p. 85, as Tree, 1916.
Inscriptions

Monogram and date bottom center:

TVD / 1916
References

AnonymousUnknown author, Portland Art Museum online catalogue, as Tree (also known as L'arbre-maisons), 1916.

AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 215345, as Tree, 1916

Els Hoek (ed.; 2000) Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvrecatalogus, Bussum: Uitgeverij Thot, ISBN 90-6868-255-5, p. 166-167, cat. no.  481, with color image, on p. 166, as Boom, 1916 (late July).
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