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Untitled (Constructivist Composition)

Corneille (signed by artist), 1948

Corneille, along with Karel Appel and Constant (on view elsewhere in this gallery), was part of Cobra, an international group of artists who published a magazine of the same name between 1948 and 1951. What united them was not a style but a way of working: direct, spontaneous, experimental. In this drawing, Corneille played with fan-shaped patterns and garlands of triangles through a construction of red lines.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-2019-322
  • Dimensionsheight 430 mm x width 430 mm
  • Physical characteristicskrijt, pastelkrijt en gouache

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Untitled (Constructivist Composition)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-2019-322

  • Description

    Over een patroon van gebogen rode lijnen zijn met zwart krijt en grijs pastelkrijt open vormen gezet met contouren die door driehoeken en hoekige lijnen zijn gevormd. Met gouache is daarop een open en onregelmatig verdeeld raster geschilderd van verticale en horizontale lijnen en zijn enkele zwarte stippen gezet.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘Corneille '48’

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Corneille (signed by artist), Netherlands

  • Dating

    1948

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    krijt, pastelkrijt en gouache

  • Dimensions

    height 430 mm x width 430 mm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Knecht-Drenth Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2019-08-15

  • Copyright

    erven Corneille/Pictoright

Documentation

  • Veilingcatalogus Bubb Kuyper Veiling 70, 23 en 24 mei 2019.

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