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Still-life Composition (Hammer and Saw)

Vilmos Huszár, 1917 - 1918

Huszár’s print Still Life (Hammer and Saw) was added separately to issue number 3 of De Stijl, in January 1918. It is the first and only insert to have been printed in colour. Van Doesburg explained that the work had to be experienced as a visual adaptation of reality and more specifically of the functions of that reality, such as the vertical motion of hammering and the horizontal motion of sawing.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-2017-6027
  • Dimensionsheight 205 mm x width 250 mm
  • Physical characteristicsoffset colour print

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Still-life Composition (Hammer and Saw)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-2017-6027

  • Description

    Rode en gele balken en rechthoekige vormen zijn als losse elementen over een opengewerkt rood vlak en een dito opengewerkt geel vlak verdeeld. Daarbij zijn ze zodanig 'door elkaar geweven' dat voor- en achtergrond elkaar afwisselen.

Creation

  • Creation

    printmaker: Vilmos Huszár

  • Dating

    1917 - 1918

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    offset colour print

  • Dimensions

    height 205 mm x width 250 mm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2017-08-24

Documentation

  • Bijlage VII in De Stijl I (1918) nr. 4 (januari).

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