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Theo van Doesburg Archive

 

Order Specifications

Guide
Printed guide listing 2,379 items, prepared by Bouwe Hijma by order of the Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst in The Hague. Includes an extensive alphabetical index.

Content note
Organized into the following series
I. Archive, subseries as follows
1. Theo van Doesburg's diaries
2. Correspondence
3. Van Doesburg the speaker
4. Van Doesburg the publicist
5. Van Doesburg as editor of/contributor to various journals "De Stijl", "Mécano", "Het Getij" and as member of various artist's societies; 6. Van Doesburg and "De Stijl" as the subject of publications and tributes
7. Exhibitions
8. Press-cutting albums
9. Special themes/projects
10. Manuscripts by others
11. Misc. personal documents pertaining to both Theo and Nelly van Doesburg
12. Misc. personal docuements pertaining exclusively to Nelly van Doesburg
13. Photographs
14. Filed archives

II. Documentation, subseries as follows
1. Architecture
2. Fine art
3. Dada
4. Decorative art
5. Literature
6. Music
7. The Russian revolution
8. Misc. themes.

Provenance
Since 1930 the archive was in the care of Van Doesburg's wife Nelly. After her death, the archive was presented to the Dutch State by her niece, Wies van Moorsel and placed under the curatorship of the Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst in The Hague. It is now housed at the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistoriche Documentatie in The Hague.