Piet Mondriaan

Object category: painting
Support/medium: canvas, oil paint
Shape/dimensions: rectangle (portrait format) 94 x 69.8 cm

Current attribution: Piet Mondriaan

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: 1912 (1912)

date given by Welsh/Joosten 1998

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: The trees
Other (former) title Other title(s) or name(s) which the work of art has had, or by which it is also known. This sometimes involves rejected identifications of the subject or sitter.: Arbres
English title: The trees
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: landscape (genre), tree, abstraction

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

preceding (guide term)
Piet Mondriaan, Forest: study for the trees

Collection(s)

private collection Willem Beffie, Amsterdam/Brooklyn (NYC)
1912 - 1943 starting date is uncertain; end date was around 1943
art dealer Nierendorf Gallery, New York City
1943 - 1945 possibly by this art dealer by 1943. End date either 1945 or 1946
private collection Charmion von Wiegand, New York City
1945 - 1955 came to this collection either in 1945 or 1946; possible end date might by 1955
private collection G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
- 1959
art dealer Galerie Beyeler, Basel (Switzerland)
1959 - 1961
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) , inv./cat.nr 61.1
Patrons art fund
1961 -

Exhibitions

Moderne Kunstkring (1912) Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1912-10-06 - 1912-11-07 , no. 157, According to Welsh/Joosten 1998, probably shown as 'Arbres' (cat. no. U8).
Toorop, Schelfhout und die Niederländer. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Radierungen Munich , 1913-07-16 - 1913-07-31, listed as 'Bäume'
15 early 15 late paintings Art of This Century , New York City , 1943-03-13 - 1943-04-17 , no. 225, listed as 'Abstraction. (?) 1909'
Unity in diversity : an exhibition and a contest Galerie Nierendorf , New York City , 1943-03-14 - 1943-04-03 , no. 26, listed as 'The Trees. Oil.' (not in exhibition)
American and European pioneers in XXth century art Galerie Nierendorf , New York City , 1944-12-05 - 1944-12-31 , no. 31, listed as '(Trees)'
Exhibition Piet Mondrian Museum of Modern Art New York , New York City , 1945-03-21 - 1945-05-13 , no. 14, listed as 'Tree, 1911'
Piet Mondrian : paintings 1910 through 1944 Sidney Janis Gallery , New York City , 1949-10-10 - 1949-11-12 , no. 3, listed as 'The Eucalyptus Tree, 1910'
30 works by 17 modern artists Rose Fried Gallery , New York City , 1955-10-17 - 1955-11-26 , no. 21, listed as 'The Tree, 1912'
Thompson Pittsburgh: aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung Kunsthaus Zürich , Zürich (city) , 1960-10-15 - 1960-11-27 , no. 146, listed as 'Baum, 1912'
Thompson Pittsburgh: aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf (city) , 1960-12-14 - 1961-01-29 , no. 146, listed as 'Baum, 1912'
Collectie Thompson uit Pittsburgh Haags Gemeentemuseum , The Hague (city) , 1961-02-17 - 1961-04-09 , no. 138 / 139 (?), listed as 'Boom, 1912'
One Hundred Paintings from the G. David Thompson Collection Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York City , 1961-05 - 1961-08, listed as 'Tree, 1912'
Piet Mondrian Galerie Beyeler , Basel (Switzerland) , 1964-11 - 1965-01 , no. 30, listed as 'Baum, 1912'
Piet Mondrian 1872-1944 [Santa Barbara, 1965] Santa Barbara Museum of Art , Santa Barbara (California) , 1965-01-09 - 1965-02-21 , no. 39, listed as 'Tree, c. 1912'
Piet Mondrian 1872-1944 Dallas Museum of Art , Dallas (Texas) , 1965-03-17 - 1965-04-18 , no. 39, listed as 'Tree, c. 1912'
Piet Mondrian 1872-1944 Washington Gallery of Modern Art , Washington (D.C.) , 1965-05-08 - 1965-06-20 , no. 29, listed as 'Tree, c. 1912'
Piet Mondriaan, 1872-1944 [Toronto, 1966] Art Gallery of Toronto , Toronto (Canada) , 1966-02-12 - 1966-03-20 , no. 67, listed as 'Trees, 1912'
Piet Mondriaan, 1872-1944 [Philadelphia, 1966] Philadelphia Museum of Art , Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) , 1966-04-08 - 1966-05-09 , no. 67, listed as 'Trees, 1912'
Piet Mondriaan, 1872-1944 [Den Haag, 1966] Haags Gemeentemuseum , The Hague (city) , 1966-06-15 - 1966-08-07 , no. 74, listed as 'Bomen, 1912'
Piet Mondrian Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz [SMPK] , Berlin (city) , 1968-09-15 - 1968-11-20 , no. 30, listed as 'Baum, um 1912'
Mondrian Orangerie des Tuileries , Paris , 1969-01-18 - 1969-03-31 , no. 39, listed as 'Arbre, vers 1912'
The cubist epoch [Los Angeles] Los Angeles County Museum of Art , Los Angeles (California) , 1970-12-15 - 1971-02-21 , no. 218, listed as 'Tree, c. 1912'
The cubist epoch [New York City] Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City , 1971-04-07 - 1971-06-06 , no. 218, listed as 'Tree, c. 1912'
Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944 : centennial exhibition Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York City , 1971-10-08 - 1971-12-12 , no. 52, listed as 'Tree, 1912'
Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944 Kunstmuseum Bern , Bern (city) , 1972-02-09 - 1972-04-09 , no. 50, listed as 'Baum, 1912'
XII. Twelve years of collecting : a loan exhibition from the collection of the museum of art Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh for the benefit of the patrons art acquisition fund Wildenstein , New York City , 1973-11-11 - 1973-12-15, listed as 'Tree, c. 1912'
A French way of seeing : an exhibition of paintings from the Museum of Art Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh) High Museum of Art , Atlanta (Georgia) , 1974-01-05 - 1974-01-27, listed as 'Tree, c. 1912'
De Stijl : 1917-1931 : visions of Utopia [Minneapolis] Walker Art Center , Minneapolis (Minnesota) , 1982-01-31 - 1982-03-28 , no. 184, listed as 'Tree, 1912'
De Stijl : 1917-1931 : visions of Utopia [Washington D.C.] Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden/Smithsonian Institution , Washington (D.C.) , 1982-04-20 - 1982-06-27 , no. 184, listed as 'Tree, 1912'
De Stijl : 1917-1931 : visions of Utopia [Amsterdam] Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1982-08-06 - 1982-10-04 , no. 256, listed as '(Boom), 1912'
De Stijl : 1917-1931 : visions of Utopia [Otterlo] Kröller-Müller Museum , Otterlo , 1982-08-06 - 1982-10-04 , no. 256, listed as '(Boom), 1912'
The spiritual in art : abstract painting 1890-1985 Los Angeles County Museum of Art , Los Angeles (California) , 1986-11-23 - 1987-03-08, listed as 'Tree, 1912'
The spiritual in art : abstract painting 1890-1985 Museum of Contemporary Art [Chicago] , Chicago (Illinois) , 1987-04-17 - 1987-07-19, listed as 'Tree, 1912'
The spiritual in art : het mysterie van de abstracten 1890-1985 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag , The Hague (city) , 1987-09-01 - 1987-11-22, listed as 'Tree, 1912'
Piet Mondriaan 1872-1944 [Den Haag, 1994] Gemeentemuseum Den Haag , The Hague (city) , 1994-12-18 - 1995-04-30 , no. 37
Piet Mondriaan 1872-1944 National Gallery of Art [Washington] , Washington (D.C.) , 1995-06-11 - 1995-09-04 , no. 37, listed as ' "The Trees", 1912'
Piet Mondriaan 1872-1944 Museum of Modern Art , New York City , 1995-10-01 - 1996-01-23 , no. 37, listed as ' "The Trees", 1912'
Mondrian de 1892 à 1914 : les chemins de l'abstraction Musée d'Orsay , Paris , 2002-03-25 - 2002-07-14 , no. 99
Mondrian 1892-1914 : the path to abstraction Kimbell Art Museum , Fort Worth (Texas) , 2002-08-18 - 2002-12-12 , no. 99, listed as 'Trees, c. 1912'

Literature

Seuphor 1956 , 347 (370) / 192 , listed as 'Arbre / Tree, c. 1912'
Albertini Ottolenghi 1974 , no. 258 , listed as 'Albero, 1912'
Welsh/Joosten 1998 , p. 212, B21 , listed as ' "The Trees", 1912'

Correspondence: Letter to Holtzman, dated March 25, 1943
Letter from Charmion von Wiegand to Gordon B. Washburn, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, dated September 7, 1960 (for comments, see p. 212 in Welsh/Joosten 1998).

Visual documentation

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BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001213901)

Project: Piet Mondrian: digital catalogue raisonné
Mondrian Edition project

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