35 3/8 X 29 5/8 X 1 3/4 IN. (89.8 X 75.2 X 4.2 CM.)
Type:
Sculpture/relief
Date:
1932
Provenance:
The Artist, Paris
Fritz Glarner, New York, acquired from Artist
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, by December 1952 - at least 1957
-- see statement from the artist in HMSG file
Mrs. Donald Peters, New York
Harold Diamond, New York, to 14 October 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 14 October 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History:
GALERIE PIERRE, PARIS. "Cesar Domela," 1934.
ROSE FRIED GALLERY, New York. "Group Show," December 1952, checklist no. 3.
WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis. "The Classic Tradition in Contemporary Art," 24 April-28 June 1953, no. 31, ill. p. 23 (lender Rose Fried).
CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, Houston. "The Sphere of Mondrian," 27 February-24 March 1957, cat. no pg. no., (lender Rose Fried).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 337, ill.
WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis. "De Stijl: 1917-1931, Visions of Utopia," 30 January-28 March 1982, no. 35, ill. p. 66 (did not tour).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Dreams and Nightmares," 8 December 1983-12 February 1984, checklist no. 66, p. 181, ill. p. 99.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Relief Sculpture: Selections from the Museum's Collection," 26 January-13 April 1986, no cat; checklist no. 28 [as "Construction"].
Published References:
BRIONI, MARCEL. Domela (Paris: Georges Fall, 1961), ill. p. 62 (as Relief 1929).
JAKOVSKI, ANATOLE. "Les Expositions a Paris et ailleurs: Cesar Domela (Galerie Pierre), " Cahiers d'Art 9/5-8 (1934), p. 207, ill. p. 210.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The HIrshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 685, ill. p. 243.
WESCHER, HERTA. "Apects Nouveaux du Relief," [date?], no. 5, ill. p. 2.
CLAIRET, ALAIN. Domela : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de César Domela-Nieuwenhuis : peintures, reliefs, sculptures (Paris : C. Martinez, 1978), no. 38, ill. p. 86.
FORGEY, BENJAMIN. "Straight lines and right angles were very much 'The Style," Smithsonian (February 1982), ill. p. 115.
MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN and JACQUELINE BLOCK. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1988), fig. A, p. 36. (fig. A, p. 206 in Second ed., 1995).
MCALLISTER, JANE, ed. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1996), ill. pp. 44-45.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966