File:Theo Van Doesburg Composition VII (the Three Graces).jpg
1947: purchased by the Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, from Nelly van Doesburg, Meudon, through The Art of this Century Gallery, New York City
Catalogus. Tentoonstelling van schilderijen, Domburg, July 1917–August 1917, cat. no. 8, as Vijfde compositie, 1917, motief: ‘De drie gratiën’.
Société des Artistes Indépendants. 46e exposition, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 18 January 1935–3 March 1935, cat. no. 1063, p. 75, as Les trois grâces, 1916.
Cubism and abstract art, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 2 March 1936–19 April 1936, cat. no. 51 (photograph), p. 208, as Three Graces, 1916.
Konstruktivisten (?), Kunsthalle, Basel, 16 January 1937–14 February 1937.
Art Concret, 15 June 1945–13 July 1945, Galerie René Drouin, Paris, Cat.no. 10, as Composition VII, 1917.
Theo van Doesburg, Retrospective exhibition, Art of this Century Gallery, New York City, 29 April 1947–31 May 1947, cat. no. 19, as Composition 7.
Exhibition of paintings from Washington University, Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, April 1966.
Theo van Doesburg, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 13 December 1968–26 January 1969, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 17 February 1969–23 March 1969, cat. no. A12, as Compositie VII ‘de drie gratieën’, 1917.
Theo van Doesburg 1883-1931/Konstruktive Kunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, 18 April 1969–1 June 1969, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, 9 August 1969–7 September 1969, cat. no. A11, as Kompositie VII ‘Die drei Grazien’, 1917.
Cubists, surrealists and expressionists, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, 15 May 1983–4 September 1983, no catalogue.
La beauté exacte. Art Pays-Bas XXe siècle. De Van Gogh à Mondrian, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 25 March 1994–17 July 1994, cat. no. 2, p. 289, with color image on p. 241, as Composition VII dite Les Trois Grâces, 1917.
Monogram and date verso:
Anonymous , Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, as Compositie VII: ‘de drie Gratiën’ (Composition VII: The Three Graces), 1917.
Anonymous , RKDimages, Art-work number 215348, as Composition VII (the three Graces), 1917
Els Hoek (ed.; 2000) Theo van Doesburg. Oeuvrecatalogus, Bussum: Uitgeverij Thot, ISBN 90-6868-255-5, p. 194-196, cat. no. 552, with color image, as Compositie VII (de drie gratiën), 1917, januari-mei.
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