About This Artwork

Theo van Doesburg
Dutch, 1883–1931

Counter-Composition VIII, 1924

Oil on canvas
39 3/4 x 39 3/4 in. (101 x 101 cm)
none
Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, 1949.216

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Amsterdamn, 1938.

San Francisco, 1947.

New York, Art of This Century, Theo Doesburg, Retrospective Exhibition, November 27, 1947.

Eindhoven, Holland, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Theo van Doesburg Exhibition, December 13, 1968–January 25, 1969; traveled to The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, February 7–March 24, 1969; Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, April 6–May 15, 1969; Basel, Kunsthalle, August 9–September 7, 1969.

Paris, Centre National Georges Pompidou, Paris-New York, June 1–September 19, 1977, p. 493 (ill.).

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, De Stijlj 1917–1931, February 6–April 4, 1982; traveled to Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, May–June 1982.

Berlin, Altes Museum, The XX Century-A Century of German Art, September 4, 1999–January 9, 2000.

Otterlo, Kroller-Muller, Theo Van Doesburg, March 11–June 18, 2000.

Publication History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961) p. 128.

Ownership History

Mme. van Doesburg, 1947 [San Francisco 1947]. Peggy Guggenheim, by 1949. Gift to Art Institute, 1949.