Lot 21: Georges Vantongerloo (1886-1965)

Georges Vantongerloo (1886-1965) Courbes signed, inscribed and dated 'G. Vantongerloo Courbes Paris 1938' (on the reverse) oil and tempera on plywood 102 x 70.5 cm. Painted in 1938

London, The Marlborough New London Gallery, Georges Vantongerloo, November 1962, no. 128. Washington, Corcoran Gallery of Art/Dallas, Museum of Fine Art/Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Georges Vantongerloo 1886 - 1965, 22 April - 28 December 1980, no. 128 (titled 'Curves'). Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts/Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich/Paris, Centre Pompidou, Georges Vantongerloo 1886 - 1965, 23 January - 2 November 1981, no. 128. Berlin, Akademie der Künste, G. Vantongerloo, 4 May - 15 June 1986, no. 128. Antwerp, Galerie Ronny van de Velde, Georges Vantongerloo 1886-1965, 15 December 1996 - 31 March 1997, no. 128. London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Georges Vantongerloo A Retrospective, 1 March - 22 April 2006, no. 55 (titled 'Curves').

Jan Ceuleers, Georges Vantongerloo 1886-1965, Antwerp 1996, p. 145 (illustrated). C. Brockhaus, H. Janssen, Georges Vantongerloo und seine Kreise: von Mondrian bis Bill, Zürich 2009, no. 87, p. 137 (illustrated).

The artist's estate. Max Bill, Zürich. By descent from the above to the present owner.