Artist: Theo Van Doesburg (Dutch, 1883-1931).
Title: "Structure V".
Medium: Gouache and pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1924.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (213 x 267 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right recto; titled in pencil, lower left recto; various annotatons recto, e.g. "1" etc.; collector and gallery ink stamps, verso. Painted on thin cream wove paper. Condition: overall good; a horizontal 1 5/8” band the length of the paper with associated soiling both recto and verso; a few creases lower right, including one relatively minor one into the image; jagged upper edge where work removed from a sketchbook; a few very minor edge tears. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: provenance@stanfordauctioneers.com for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): Van Doesburg’s work in any medium is very scarce. Artprice.com lists only 74 works in all mediums at auction since 1987. The most similar work to our example that we could find is “Construction de l’espace, temps III,” gouache, ink, and pencil on tracing paper, 17 1/2” x 14 3/4,” 1924, sold for $56,621 at Christie’s New York, November 5, 1991, lot #16. Van Doesburg, a Dutch painter born Christian Emil Marie Küpper, was an artist, writer, architect, and poet, best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He died of a heart attack at the age of 47. [30221-2-24000]

Condition: overall good; a horizontal 1 5/8” band the length of the paper with associated soiling both recto and verso; a few creases lower right, including one relatively minor one into the image; jagged upper edge where work removed from a sketchbook; a few very minor edge tears.