Composition on Blue-Gray Ground
Date
(1953)
Artist
Nicolas De Staël, French, 1914–1955
Provenance
Galerie Chalette, New York, 1961
Collection of Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester, Hollywood, California, 1962-1966
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, sale no. 2464, 20 October 1966, lot 44.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 20 October 1966-31 August 1981
(Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Exhibition History
GALERIE JACQUES DUBOURG, Paris. Nicholas de Stael, June-July 1959, no. 16 (or 13?)
GALERIE CHARLES LIENHARD, Zurich. Nicholas de Stael, May 1961, no. 7.
GALERIE CHALETTE, New York. Nicholas de Stael, May 1962, no. 7.
GREENWICH LIBRARY, Connecticut. 7 May 1967.
PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC. Nicholas de Stael in America, 17 June-10 September 1989. Tour: CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, 9 November-31 December 1989.
Published References
KRAMER, HILTON. "Nicholas de Stael in America," MD 34 no. 10 (October 1990): 29-30, ill. p. 29.
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School
Postwar European
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
86.4437
Type
Collage
Medium
Torn paper collage
Dimensions
22 1/4 x 18 5/8 in. (56.5 x 47.3 cm)
