Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), Kleurontwerp voor schoorsteenstuk

Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931)
Kleurontwerp voor schoorsteenstuk
signed and dated 'Theo van Doesburg. 1917.' (lower right) and inscribed 'IVe Kompositie voor glas mosaïk [Schoorsteenstuk].' (lower left)
gouache and pen and India ink on paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 28 ½ x 10 ¾ in. (71.3 x 27.5 cm.)
Board size: 29 ¼ x 12 1/8 in. (74.3 x 30.7 cm.)
Executed in mid-July-September 1917

Provenance
Nelly van Doesburg, Meudon (by descent from the artist and until at least 1952).
Arnold H. Maremont, Winnetka.
B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago.
Eugene V. Thaw, New York and Stephen Hahn, New York.
Galerie Tarica, Paris (circa 1973).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, circa 1973.

Pre-Lot Text
Beyond Boundaries: Avant-Garde Masterworks from a European Collection

Literature
De Stijl, ed., Quelques indications biographiques sur Theo van Doesburg, peintre et architecte, 1932, no. 9 (illustrated, p. 637; titled Glas-Mozaik and dated 1916).
P. Bromberg, L. Bron, F. Eschauzier, I.H. von Essen, W. Pijper, T. von Reyn, Theo van Doesburg: Prisma der Kunsten, exh. cat., Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1936, p. 108 (illustrated).
M. Seuphor, Dictionnaire de la peinture abstraite, Paris, 1957, p. 43 (illustrated in color; titled Composition VI).
H.L.C. Jaffé, Theo van Doesburg, Weert, 1983, p. 62 (illustrated in color with incorrect orientation, p. 100, fig. 42; titled Compositie VI voor glasmozaïek and dated 1917-1918).
A. Doig, Theo van Doesburg: Painting into Architecture, Theory into Practice, Cambridge, 1986, pp. 71-72.
E. van Straaten, Theo van Doesburg: Painter and Architect, exh. cat., Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1988, pp. 38 and 40 (illustrated, p. 39, fig. 21; titled Colour Design for Composition VI for Glass Mosaic (Chimney-Piece)).
A. Doig, "Les transformations géométriques et leur signification dans les premières oeuvres néo plastiques de Van Doesburg" in S. Lemoine, Theo van Doesburg, Paris, 1990, p. 138.
C.-P. Warncke, The Ideal as Art: De Stijl, 1917-1931, Cologne, 1994, pp. 100-101 (illustrated in color; titled Kleurontwerp voor compositie VI voor glasmozaiek and incorrectly catalogued as a study for a glass moasic at Villa Allegonda, Katwijk aan Zee).
E. Hoek, ed., Theo van Doesburg: oeuvre catalogue, Utrecht, 2000, p. 201, no. 554.IVa (illustrated in color).

Exhibited
Weimar, Landesmuseum, Retrospektiv: Theo van Doesburg, December 1923-January 1924, no. 1 (titled Entwurf für Komposition in Mosaik).
(possibly) Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Retrospektiv: Theo Van Doesburg, April 1924.
Paris, Porte de Versailles, Parc des Expositions, "1940": Deuxième exposition: Rétrospective Van Doesburg, January-February 1932, p. 5, no. 28 (titled Dessin and dated 1916).
New York, Art of This Century Gallery, Theo van Doesburg: Retrospective Exhibition, April-May 1947.
(possibly) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Walt Kuhn, Lyonel Feininger and Theo van Doesburg, June-July 1947.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Theo van Doesburg, July-August 1947.
(possibly) Seattle, Henry Art Gallery, Theo van Doesburg, September 1947.
University of Chicago, The Renaissance Society, Theo van Doesburg: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs and Architectural Drawings, October-November 1947, no. 9 (incorrectly catalogued as used over a fireplace in the Villa Allegonde Katwijk-aan-Zee, Holland).
(possibly) Cincinnati Art Museum, Theo Van Doesburg, November-December 1947.
Cambridge, Harvard University, Robinson Hall, Van Doesburg, January 1948, no. 46.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, De Stijl, July-September 1951.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art and Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, De Stijl: 1917-1928, December 1952-April 1953, no. 208.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art and Michael Tollemache, The Non-Objective World: 1914-1924, June-September 1970, no. 42 (illustrated).
New York, Robert Elkon Gallery, Twentieth Century Masters, October-November 1971, no. 4 (illustrated; titled Sixth Composition for Glass Mosaic).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Washington, D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, De Stijl, 1917-1931: Visions of Utopia, January-June 1982, no. 13 (titled Mosaic Composition VI, Katwijk on Sea, dated 1917-1918 and incorrectly catalogued as Color Design for the Villa Allegonda).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum and Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, De Stijl: 1917-1931, August-October 1982, no. 13 (titled VIe Kompositie voor glasmozaïek, dated 1917-1918 and incorrectly catalogued as a design for the Villa Allegonda).