The artwork, titled “Cover of ‘Basic concepts of the new creative art’,” is a lithograph on paper created by the artist Theo van Doesburg. This piece belongs to the Neoplasticism art movement and is categorized under the design genre. It is currently held in a private collection.
The artwork exhibits a clean, geometric design characteristic of the Neoplasticism movement, pioneered by Theo van Doesburg and his contemporaries. The cover is divided into four rectangular sections: one red, one blue, one yellow, and one white. These sections are separated by bold, black lines, which lend the piece its distinctive structure. The black lines also contain text, with the artist’s name, Theo van Doesburg, prominently displayed along the horizontal axis, and the title of the book, “Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst,” written vertically. The design echoes the minimalist yet dynamic aesthetic typical of Neoplasticism, emphasizing abstraction and purity of form and color.
