Étude No. 1

1. The artist [according to the artist's logbook; photocopy in curatorial file]; sold to Lillian Florsheim (1896–1988), Chicago, May 26, 1961 [according to invoice from the artist sent to Florsheim; photocopy in curatorial file]; by descent within the family, Chicago, 1988; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Geneva, Exposition internationale d’art moderne, Dec. 26, 1920–Jan. 25, 1921, cat. nos. 129 or 130, as Étude (peinture).
• Barcelona, Galerías Dalmau, Exposición de arte moderno nacional y extranjero, Nov. 1929, cat. 37, as Composition étude.
• Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Salon des réalités nouvelles, renaissance plastique, 1re exposition (2me série). Oeuvres des artistes étrangers, June 30–July 15, 1939, no cat. no.
• Paris, Galerie de Berri, Georges Vantongerloo: exposition 1909–1939, 30 années de recherches, Feb. 13–27, 1943, cat. 4, as Etude, 1917.
• Paris, Galerie Maeght, Les premiers maîtres de l’art abstrait, Apr.–June, 1949, cat. 128.
• Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Antoine Pevsner, Georges Vantongerloo, Max Bill, 1949, cat. 28, as Etude No. 4, 1917.
• New York, Rose Fried Gallery, Georges Vantongerloo, Apr. 14–May 9, 1953, cat. 4, as etude, 1917.
• Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Georges Vantongerloo: A Traveling Retrospective Exhibition, April 22–June 17, 1980, cat. 4, as Study no. I, 1917; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, July 16–September 14, 1980, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 9–December 28, 1980.
• Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Georges Vantongerloo: A Longing for Infinity, Nov. 3, 2009–Feb. 22, 2010, no cat. no., as Étude no. 1, 1917.

Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid

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Curving Function Greenish Brown

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Facade Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid" 

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Plan Overview Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid" 

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Right Side (Proper) Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid" 

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Rear Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid" 

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Left Side (Proper) Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid" 

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The Function of Lines

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