1923: purchased by Graf Kielmansegg from Theo van Doesburg, Leiden/Weimar

1937: lent to the Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Weimar by Graf Kielmansegg

1937: purchased by Nelly van Doesburg (1899-1975), Meudon, from Graf Kielmansegg

1975: inherited by Wies van Moorsel from Nelly van Doesburg, Meudon

1981: given to the Dienst Verspreide Rijkscollecties, today the Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency, Rijswijk, by Wies van Moorsel

La Section d'Or - Paris. Internationale tentoonstelling van werken van kubisten en neo kubisten, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Roterodamum, 20 Iunius 1920–4 Iulius 1920, no catalogus.

La Section d'Or - Paris. Internationale tentoonstelling van werken van kubisten en neo kubisten (?), Haagsche Kunstkring, Haga, 11 Iulius 1920–1 Augustus 1920, no catalogus.

La Section d'Or - Paris. Internationale tentoonstelling van werken van kubisten en neo kubisten (?), Korenbeurs, Arecanum, Augustus 1920–September 1920, no catalogus.

Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung, Landesausstellungsgebäude am Lehrter Bahnhof, Berolinum, 19 Maius 1923–17 September 1923, Cat.no. 1147, p. 31, as Wandbild (in 3 Teilen).

Retrospektiv Theo van Doesburg, Landesmuseum, Weimar, 16 December 1923–23 Ianuarius 1924, as Komposition XX (3 teiliges Wandbild), 1919.

Retrospektiv Theo van Doesburg (?), Martius 1924–15 Aprilis 1924, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannovera

, no catalog.

Theo van Doesburg, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2 Maius 1936–31 Maius 1936, cat. no.  53, p. 102, as Composition en trois tableaux, Gräfin Trudis von Kielmansegg.

Theo van Doesburg, Van Abbemuseum, Endhovia, 13 December 1968–26 Ianuarius 1969, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Haga, 17 Februarius 1969–23 Martius 1969, cat. no.  A30, imago, as Compositie met drie schilderijen.

Theo van Doesburg 1883-1931/Konstruktive Kunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Norimberga, 18 Aprilis 1969–1 Iunius 1969, Kunsthalle Basel, Basilia, 9 Augustus 1969–7 September 1969, cat. no.  A23, with image, as Komposition XVIII.

De Stijl, 1917-1931, Visions of Utopia, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 31 Ianuarius 1982 - 28 Martius 1982, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 20 Aprilis 1982–27 Iunius 1982, cat. no.  27, as Composition XVIII (with three paintings).

De Stijl, 1917-1931, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, 6 Augustus 1982–4 October 1982, Cat.no. 36, as Compositie XVIII.

Die Sprache der Geometrie, Kunstmuseum, Berna, 17 Martius 1984–13 Maius 1984, cat. no.  24 , with color image, p. 52-53, as Komposition XVIII in drei Teilen.

De Stijl csoport 1917-1931, Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapestinum, 3 October 1986–3 November 1986, Cat.no. 7.

La beauté exacte. Art Pays-Bas XXe siècle. De Van Gogh à Mondrian, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Lutetia, 25 Martius 1994–17 Iulius 1994, cat. no.  7, p. 289, with color image on p. 255, as Composition XVIII.

De Stijl 1917-1932. Art and environment of neoplasticism, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokium, 13 December 1997–15 Februarius 1998, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, 21 Februarius 1998–5 Aprilis 1998, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Chunichi, 21 Aprilis 1998–21 Iunius 1998, Cat.no. 1-007, p. 83, with color image.

Aufstieg und Fall der Moderne, Kunstsammlung zu Weimar, Vimaria, 9 Maius 1999–1 Augustus 1999, Cat.no. 216, image.

Monogram and date:

AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 215663, as Composition XVIII in three pieces, 1920, april-mei

De Stijl, vol. 5, no. 12 (December 1922), image.