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Colour scheme for the interiors of apartments in Drachten, Friesland

Design
1921 (made)
Artist/Maker
Van Doesburg, Theo (made)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

An abstract design collage made of single red, blue, yellow and grey squares of coloured paper adhered to white paper.


Object details

Category
Designs
Object type
Design
TitleColour scheme for the interiors of apartments in Drachten, Friesland (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Collage on paper
Paper (Fiber Product)
Collage
Brief description
Design for the colour scheme for the interiors of apartments in Drachten, Frieslandby Theo van Doesburg. 1921.
Physical description
An abstract design collage made of single red, blue, yellow and grey squares of coloured paper adhered to white paper.
Dimensions
  • Framed height: 521mm
  • Framed width: 486mm
  • Framed depth: 30mm
  • Taken from pdp catalogue height: 124mm
  • Taken from pdp catalogue width: 90mm
Style
De Stijl
Production typeDesign
Subject depicted
Abstraction
Bibliographic references
  • Dada - Constructivism: the Janus Face of the Twenties, London : Annely Juda Fine Art, 1984 25
  • eds Gladys Fabre & Doris Wintgens Hotte, Theo van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde. Constructing a new world. London: Tate Publisging, 2009. ISBN: 978 1 85437 872 9.
  • Trotwaer special number 9/10, November 1971. Illus.
  • Eds. Gladys Fabre, Doris Wintgens Hotte, Michael White, Constructing a New World. Van Doesburg & the International Avant-Garde London: Tate Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 978 1 85437 872 9.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.17-1985

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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