Komposition mit Blau und Weiß [Komposition Nr. I / Komposition C. / Komposition (Weiß und Blau)], 1936
Piet Mondrian
Information
Artist
Piet Mondrian
1872
Amersfoort, Niederlande
1944
New York, New York, USA
Work data
Material/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Image: 121,3 × 59 cm
Frame: 162 × 99 × 9,3 cm
Signature
Bez. u.r.: "PM 36"; verso a.d. Keilrahmen: "M I P. MONDRIAN Composition (blanc et bleue)"
Accession Number
0146
Catalogue Raisonné
Joosten/Welsh B244
Acquisition year
1963
Provenance
Immediately after its creation in 1936, Piet Mondrian sent the painting “Komposition mit Blau und Weiß” to the Valentine Gallery with whom he had signed a one-year contract. That same year, the gallery sold the work to Walter P. Chrysler Jr. In March 1945, the work was offered for sale as part of Chrysler’s collection at an auction at the Parke-Bernet Galleries. This is how it presumably ended up in the possession of Harry Holtzman, where it remained until 1963. The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen then purchased the painting “Komposition mit Blau und Weiß” from Marlborough Fine Art for its holdings.
Credit line
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Exhibitions
- Unser 20. Jahrhundert - Meisterwerke von Picasso bis Beuys, 14.7.-28.10.2000, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
- Silent Revolution - Eine neue Sammlungspräsentation, 26.2.-12.6.2010, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf
- Kandinsky, Malewitsch, Mondrian - Der weiße Abgrund Unendlichkeit / Kandinsky, Malevich, Mondrian - The Infinite White Abyss, 4.4.-5.7.2014, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, K20 Grabbeplatz
- Mondrian. Evolution, 28.10.2022-11.2.2023, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, K20 Grabbeplatz
- Mondrian Evolution, 4.6.-8.10.2022, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen
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