Abstraction: Function of the Variants Red – Green – Brown – Greenish, 1937/38
MediumTempera on canvas
(H x W)82 × 48 cm
Dimensions with frame108 × 71,5 × 5,4 cm
About the workGreen and brown lines traverse the pristine white canvas. The Belgian artist Georges Vantongerloo was an important representative of abstract painting. He designed his early pictures according to a strict system, combining rectangular forms with fields of primary colours. He was devoted to these principles as a founding member of the Dutch De Stijl movement. In 1937, he began to incorporate dynamic, curved lines into his work; this image marks this significant turning point in his oeuvre.
AccessionAcquisition 1985
Provenance[...]; 1985 angekauft von Max Bill
Inventory number0.1985.4
