Study for Composition VIII (The Cow)

The 20 most looked-at works by Theo van Doesburg

1. 1 Dance I, 1917 4,2%
2. 2 Simultaneous Counter Composition., 1930 3,2%
3. 3 Design for Stained Glass Composition XIII, 1924 3,2%
4. 4 Design for a tile floor, and entrance hall, 1917 3,2%
5. 5 Study for Composition VIII (The Cow), 1918 this painting 3,2%
6. 6 Design for a tile floor, and entrance hall, 1917 3,2%
7. 7 Café Aubette, Strasbourg, France (Preliminary color scheme for ceiling and short walls of ballroom), 1927 2,1%
8. 8 Café Aubette, Strasburgo, Francia, 1927 2,1%
9. 9 Composition (La mucca), 1917 2,1%
10. 10 Composizione I (natura morta), 1916 2,1%
11. 11 Counter composition X, 1924 2,1%
12. 12 City Traffic, 1929 2,1%
13. 13 Archer, 1919 2,1%
14. 14 Composizione con valori pari, 1928 2,1%
15. 15 Leaded glass composition I, 1917 2,1%
16. 16 A dog, 1899 2,1%
17. 17 Composizione contrapposta XV, 1925 2,1%
18. 18 Stained glass composition VIII 2,1%
19. 19 Studie voor Contra compositie XXI 2,1%
20. 20 Studie voor Contra compositie XX 2,1%

Together these works take 49,6% of all the attention this artist's paintings received over the last twelve months. The catalogue holds 165 works by this artist, of which 64 were looked at at least once. This painting ranks 5 of them, with 3,2% of that attention.

Bars measure attention, not quality. Pick the work at the top and this one: name one thing that might make a painting famous beyond how well it is painted.