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Georges Vantongerloo

Georges Vantongerloo

Artist

WA-00029888

PrintmakingCubismDe StijlAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

13

Institutional Exhibitions

20

Works in Collection

32

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ771670 ULAN500028929

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Philadelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972–1973

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955–1956

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De Stijl

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952–1953

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Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946–1954

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The Museum Collection of Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946

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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945–1946

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940–1941

Field Verification (1 fields)

0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

LocationArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/georges-vantongerloo
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6091
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Georges Vantongerloo was a Belgian sculptor and painter who worked with geometric abstraction and mathematical systems throughout the twentieth century. He explored three-dimensional form through carved wood, stone, and bronze, as well as constructed works in metal and plastic that embodied principles of proportion and spatial harmony. His practice bridged sculpture and painting through a rigorous engagement with linear perspective and architectural space. Vantongerloo's work was central to the development of constructivist and geometric abstraction in Europe between the wars and afterward.

Source: Hauser Wirth · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Cubism

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

Plate 20 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Plate 20 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1962 · Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 5 11/16 × 4 1/2" (14.5 × 11.4 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 22) from 10 Origin

Plate (folio 22) from 10 Origin

1942 · Linoleum cut from a portfolio of six linoleum cuts, three woodcuts, and one lithograph

composition (irreg.): 8 3/8 × 5 1/8" (21.2 × 13 cm); page (each): 10 5/8 × 8 1/4" (27 × 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

10 Origin

1942 · Portfolio of six linoleum cuts, three woodcuts, and one lithograph

page (each): 10 5/8 × 8 1/4" (27 × 21 cm); overall (closed): 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 1/4" (27.5 × 21.4 × 0.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Relation of Lines and Colors

Relation of Lines and Colors

1939 · Oil on board

28 5/8 x 21" (72.6 x 53.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Curving Function Greenish Brown

Curving Function Greenish Brown

1938 · Oil on hardboard

62.8 × 46.3 cm (24 3/4 × 18 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

No. 98 2478 Red/135 Green

No. 98 2478 Red/135 Green

1936 · Oil paint on plywood

support: 575 x 568 mm frame: 814 x 959 x 65 mm

The Function of Lines

The Function of Lines

1936 · Brush with opaque and transparent watercolor and pen and black ink on beige, wove paper

49.1 × 59.9 cm (19 3/8 × 23 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

XY = K Green and Red

XY = K Green and Red

1929 · Gouache on paper

6 7/8 x 8 5/8" (17.5 x 21.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Handwritten letter

1927 · Ink on paper

10 1/2 × 8 1/8" (26.7 × 20.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid

Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid

1926 · Plaster

40 × 47 × 26 cm (15 3/4 × 18 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Facade Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

Facade Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

1926 · Pen and black ink over graphite on cream wove paper, with graphite sketch and notations over commercially printed black ink on the verso

21.8 × 27.6 cm (8 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Right Side (Proper) Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

Right Side (Proper) Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

1926 · Pen and black ink over graphite on cream wove paper, with commercially printed black ink on the verso

26.3 × 21.8 cm (10 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rear Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

Rear Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

1926 · Pen and black ink over graphite on cream wove paper, with commercially printed black ink on the verso

26.3 × 21.8 cm (10 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Left Side (Proper) Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

Left Side (Proper) Elevation Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

1926 · Pen and black ink over graphite on cream wove paper, with commercially printed black ink on the verso

26.3 × 21.8 cm (10 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plan Overview Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

Plan Overview Study for "Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid"

1926 · Pen and black ink over graphite on cream wove paper, with commercially printed black ink on the verso

26.3 × 21.8 cm (10 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Construction of Volume Relations

1921 · Mahogany

16 1/8 x 5 5/8 x 5 3/4" (41 x 14.4 x 14.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition II, Indigo Violet Derived from Equilateral Triangle

Composition II, Indigo Violet Derived from Equilateral Triangle

1921 · Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

13 x 14 3/4" (33 x 37.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Interrelation of Volumes

Interrelation of Volumes

1919 · Sandstone

object: 225 x 137 x 137 mm

Étude No. 1

1917 · Oil on pressboard

55 × 55 cm (21 5/8 × 21 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Construction within a Sphere

Construction within a Sphere

1917 · Silvered plaster

7 x 5 1/2 x 6 3/4" (17.8 x 14 x 17.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

20 published of 29 catalogued · 26 with image

MoMA
9 publishedof 18 catalogued15 img
Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
Tate
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

No. 98 2478 Red/135 Green
1936 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Interrelation of Volumes
1919 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

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Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

9

Movements5

Cubism De Stijl Abstract Art Geometric Abstraction Constructivism

Collections4

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate