Still Life with Fruit Artist: Marthe Donas (Belgian, 1885–1967)

ca. 1918–19

Modern and Contemporary Art

Not on view
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

24 × 16 in. (61 × 40.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Collection Société Anonyme

Accession Number

1941.427

Culture

Belgian

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Der Sturm, Berlin, to 1922; Katherine Dreier, 1922–41; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Jenny Anger, "Marthe Donas: Between Der Sturm and the Société Anonyme," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2020–21), 39–40
  • Robert L. Herbert, Eleanor S. Apter, and Elise K. Kenney, The Société Anonyme and the Dreier Bequest at Yale University: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1984), 199, no. 200, ill
  • Herta Wescher, Collage (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1968),
  • Maurits Blicke, "Marthe Donas," Musée de Beauz-Arts De Belgique Bulletin 13 (1964), 83–90
  • Michel Seuphor, La Peinture Abstraite en Flandre (Brussels: Editions Arcade, 1963),
  • Hommage à M. Donas, exh. cat. (Brussels: Schleiper et fils, 1961), Comp. cit.
  • Leopold Reidemeister, Der Sturm: Herwarth Wladen und die Europaische Avantgarde Berlin 1912–1932, exh. cat. (Berlin: Nationalgalerie, 1961),
  • Maurits Blicke, "Trop peu connu dans son pays: Marthe Donas," De Periscoop 9 (July 1959),
  • Collection of the Société Anonyme: Museum of Modern Art 1920 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1950), 18
  • Hans Hildebrandt, Die Frau als Künstlerin (Berlin: R. Mosse, 1928),
  • Tour Donas, exh. cat. (Brussels: Galerie La Vierge, 1926),
  • Nell Walden, Tour Donas: Gesamtschau, exh. cat. (Berlin: Der Sturm, 1920),
  • Tour Donas, exh. cat. (Geneva: Librairie Kundis, 1919), Comp. cit.
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

abstract (general art genre), still lifes

Subject

Women artists

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso "nature morte F Tour Donas"

Signed

Signed l.r. "Tour Donas"

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