Counter-Composition VIII

1. The artist; by descent to his widow, Nelly van Doesburg (1899-1975), Meudon, France, 1931 [Declaration, will and testament of C.E.M. Kupper (Theo van Doesburg), with appendix, 1926, 1928, Netherlands Institute for Art History Archives, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979), New York and Venice, 1949 [Rotterdam, 2017]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 26, 1949.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, E.S.A.C.: Expositions selectes d’art contemporain, organisées par Mme. Pétro van Doesburg, Oct. 2–Nov. 31, 1929, cat. 18; The Hague, Pulchri Studio, Dec. 10, 1929–Jan. 5, 1930.
• Paris, Porte de Versailles, Parc des Expositions, Association artistique ‘1940’, Deuxième exposition, Jan. 15–Feb. 1, 1932, cat. 50.
• Possibly Paris, Grand Palais, Société des Artistes Indépendants, Jan. 18–Mar. 3, 1935, cat. 1066 or cat. 1067.
• Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Theo van Doesburg, May 2–31, 1936, cat. 55.
• Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Tentoonstelling Abstracte Kunst, Apr. 2–24, 1938, cat. 19.
• Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Salon des réalités nouvelles, June 15–July 15, 1939, no cat.
• New York, Art of This Century, Theo van Doesburg: Retrospective Exhibition, Apr. 29–May 31, 1947, cat. 28; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 20–July 15, 1947, no cat.; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, July 29–Aug. 24, 1947, no cat.; Seattle, Henry Art Gallery, the University of Washington, opened Sept. 9, 1947, no cat.; Chicago, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Oct. 15–Nov. 8, 1947, cat. 28; Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, Nov. 20–Dec. 15, 1947, no cat.; Cambridge, MA, Robinson Hall, Harvard University, Jan. 5–23, 1948, cat. 28.
• Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Theo van Doesburg 1883–1931, Dec.13, 1968–Jan. 25, 1969, cat. A 36; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Feb. 7–Mar. 24, 1969.
• Neurenberg, Kunsthalle Neurenberg, Theo van Doesburg, 1883-1931, Apr. 18–June 1, 1969, cat. A 31; Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Aug. 9–Sept. 7, 1969, as part of the exhibition Konstruktive Kunst: Elemente und Prinzipien, as Kontra-Komposition VIII.
• Paris, Centre National Georges Pompidou, Paris-New York, June 1–Sept. 19, 1977, no cat. no.
• Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, De Stijl 1917–1931: Visions of Utopia, Feb. 6–Apr. 4, 1982, cat. 6, as Countercomposition VIII; Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Apr. 20–June 27, 1982; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller.
• Berlin, Altes Museum, The XX Century-A Century of German Art, September 4, 1999–January 9, 2000.

• Theo van Doesburg, “Van Kompositie tot contra-kompositie,” in Theo van Doesburg, ed., De Stijl VII, no. 73-74 (1926), 21-22 (ill.), as Kompositie in wit zwart en grijs, 1924.
• E.S.A.C.: Expositions selectes d’art contemporain, organisées par Mme. Pétro van Doesburg, exh cat. (Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1929), n.p., cat. 18 (not ill.), as Composition en blanc, noir, et gris (1924).
• Association Artistique ‘1940’, Deuxième exposition, exh. cat. (Paris: L’Emancipatrice, 1932), 5, cat. 50 (not ill.), as Contre-composition VIII.
• Société des artistes indépendants, 46e Exposition, exh. cat. (Paris: Societe des artistes indépendants, 1935), 75, cat. 1066 or cat. 1067 (not ill.), as Contre-composition (1924).
• Prisma der Kunsten, Orgaan van Nederlandsche Kunstenaars Vereenigingen, special issue: Theo van Doesburg ter gedachtenis (May 1936), 103, cat. 55 (not ill.), as Contre-composition VIII.
• Tentoonstelling Stedelijk Museum te Amsterdam, Theo van Doesburg, exh. cat. (repr. in Prisma der Kunsten, May 1936), 103, cat. 55 (not ill.), as Contre-composition VIII.
• Stedelijk Museum, Tentoonstelling Abstracte Kunst, exh. cat. (Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1938), 2, cat. 19 (not ill.), as Contre Composition VIII.
• Art of This Century Gallery, Theo van Doesburg, Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat. (New York: Art of This Century, 1947), n.p., cat. 28 (not ill.), as Contre Composition 8.
• The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Theo van Doesburg: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs and Architectural Drawings, exh. brochure, (Chicago: The Renaissance Society of Chicago, 1947), n.p., cat. 28 (not ill.).
• Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), 128 (not ill.), as Composition.
• Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Theo van Doesburg 1883–1931, exh. cat. (Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1969), n.p., cat. A 36 (ill.), as Contra-compositie VIII.
• J. Leering, J. Baljeu, and L. van Leering-Morsel, eds., Theo van Doesburg, 1883-1931, exh. cat. (Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum; Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 1969), n.p., cat. A 31 (ill.), as Kontra-Kompositie VIII.

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