DrawingsDutch20th century

Construction of Space-Time IV

1923

Artists

Theo van DoesburgArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, red gouache, and graphite on trace paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

40.7 x 22.3 cm (16 x 8 3/4 in.) mount: 48.2 x 35.2 cm (19 x 13 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Nelly van Doesburg, sold; to Fredric Wertham, 1947 or 1949, gift of his wife Hesketh; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1987.

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