Piet Mondriaan

Object category: painting
Support/medium: canvas, oil paint
Shape/dimensions: rectangle (portrait format) 79.5 x 63.5 cm
According to Welsh/Joosten 1998, the original dimensions were 81 x 65 cm.

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

signed lower left: MONDRIAN.
inscription in verso: compositie a | P. Mondriaan
strikethrough 'compositie a'
inscription in verso: Mondrian.
on a partly torn off sticker

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.: 1913 (1913)

date given by Welsh/Joosten 1998

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Composition no.XIII (authentic)
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.: Compositie 2 (authentiek) , Eucalyptus
English title: Composition no.XIII (authentic)
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: abstraction, composition, eucalyptus

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

based on
Piet Mondriaan, Compositie 2 (authentiek)

Collection(s)

private collection Marie Tak van Poortvliet, The Hague/Domburg
1915-10 - 1926 start date after 1915-10 and end date before 1926
private collection F.W. Zeylmans van Emmichoven (Dr. ), Den Haag
1926 - 1949 start date before 1926
private collection E. Polak, Amsterdam
1949
art dealer Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City
1949 - 1950
private collection John L. Senior Jr., New York City/Greenwich (Conn.)
1950 - 1956
art dealer Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City
1956 - 1959
private collection Markus B. and Felicia Mizne, New York City
1959 - 1982
private collection Hans Heinrich baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lugano/Castagnola (Tessin)
1982 - 1992
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (Spain) , inv./cat.nr 1982.17
1992 -

Auction(s)

Sotheby Parke Bernet (London (England)) 1982-03-30, afb. kleurenreproductie, lotnr. 19

Exhibitions

16 composities van P. Mondrian, Parijs Kunsthandel W. Walrecht , The Hague (city) , 1914-06-15 - 1914-07-31, listed as 'Composition XIII'
Tentoonstelling Alma, Le Fauconnier en Mondrian Rotterdamsche Kunstkring , Rotterdam (city) , 1915-01-31 - 1915-02-28 , no. 55, listed as 'Compositie B. 1913. (Dfl. 100.-)'
Werken van Lodewijk Schelfhout, Piet Mondriaan, Jan Sluyters, Leo Gestel, Le Fauconnier, J.C. van Epen, architect Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1915-10-03 - 1915-10-25 , no. 108, listed as 'Compositie II in kleur. (Dfl. 150.-)'
Hollandsche Kunstenaarskring : tentoonstelling 1916 te Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1916-03-11 - 1916-04-02 , (?)
Piet Mondriaan Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1946-11-06 - 1946-12-16 , no. 62, listed as 'compositie in grijs en geel'
Gedächtnis-Ausstellung Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944 Kunsthalle Basel , Basel (Switzerland) , 1947-02-06 - 1947-03-02 , no. 34, listed as 'Composition, grau-gelb, um 1912'
Piet Mondrian : paintings 1910 through 1944 Sidney Janis Gallery , New York City , 1949-10-10 - 1949-11-12 , no. 5, listed as 'The Eucalyptus Tree, 1912'
Selections from five New York private collections Museum of Modern Art New York , New York City , 1951-06-26 - 1951-09-09, listed as 'Pear Tree, 1913'
Selection: modern art from Brancusi to Giacometti Sidney Janis Gallery , New York City , 1957-04-22 - 1957-05-11 , no. 25, listed as 'Eucalyptus Tree, 1912'
Mondrian : from the gallery's 4th exhibition of the work of the artist Sidney Janis presents a selection of 31 paintings by Mondrian from the years of 1900-1943 Sidney Janis Gallery , New York City , 1957-09-30 - 1957-11-02 , no. 8, listed as 'Eucalyptus Tree in Gray a+ Tan, 1912'
Piet Mondrian : the earlier years Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York City , 1957-12-11 - 1958-01-19, listed as 'Eucalyptus Tree in Gray and Tan, 1912'
Works of art from the collection of mr. and mrs. Markus Mizne Israel Museum , Jeruzalem (city, Israel) , 1966 , no. 53, listed as 'Eucalyptus Tree, 1912'
20th century masters : the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection reizende tentoonstelling , United States of America , 1982 - 1983, unlisted
Modern Masters from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Royal Academy of Arts , London (England) , 1984-10-12 - 1984-12-19 , no. 76, listed as 'Composition in Grey and BLue, 1912-13'
Moderne Malerei aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza Germanisches Nationalmuseum , Nuremberg , 1985-01-27 - 1985-03-24 , no. 57, listed as 'Composition Grau-Blau, 1912-13'
Moderne Malerei aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf (city) , 1985-04-20 - 1985-06-16 , no. 57, listed as 'Composition Grau-Blau, 1912-13'
Maestros modernos de la colección Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid (city, Spain) , 1986-02-10 - 1986-04-06
Maestros modernos de la colección Thyssen-Bornemisza Barcelona (city) , 1986
Pioniere der abstrakten Kunst aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza Galerie Gmurzynska , Keulen (city) , 1986-09-01 - 1986-09-30 , no. 57, listed as 'Composition Gris-Bleu, 1912-13'
Wege zur Abstraktion : 80 Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza Haus der Kunst München , Munich , 1988-08-13 - 1988-10-09 , no. 55
Wege zur Abstraktion : 80 Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza Musée d'Art de la Ville de Luxembourg , Luxembourg (city) , 1988-04-30 - 1988-07-18 , no. 55
Wege zur Abstraktion : 80 Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts [Wenen] , Vienna (city) , 1988-11-10 - 1989-01-15 , no. 55
Frantisek Kupka - Piet Mondriaan Museum Kampa , Prague , 2007 - 2008, listed as 'Composition XIII / Compositie 2, 1913'
Mondrian / De Stijl Centre Pompidou , Paris , 2010-12-01 - 2011-03-21 , p. 173, listed as 'Composition No XIII / Compositie 2, 1913'
Mondriaan en het kubisme : Parijs 1912-1914 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag , The Hague (city) , 2014-01-25 - 2014-05-11 , p. 128-131, listed as 'Composition no. XIII 1913'
Mondrian evolution Fondation Beyeler , Riehen (Switzerland) , 2022-06-05 - 2022-10-09 , p. 113, listed as 'Composition No. XIII [Composition No. XIII / Compositie 2], 1913'
Mondrian evolution Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K 20 , Düsseldorf (city) , 2022-10-28 - 2023-02-12 , p. 113, listed as 'Composition No. XIII [Composition No. XIII / Compositie 2], 1913'

Literature

Seuphor 1956 , 352 (375) / 197 , listed as 'Composition en gris-bleu / Composition in Gray-Bleu, c. 1912'
Albertini Ottolenghi 1974 , no. 264 , listed as 'Composizione in grigio-blu, 1912'
Welsh/Joosten 1998 , p. 217, B28 , listed as 'Composition No.XIII / Compositie 2, 1913'
Otte/Vermeulen 2017 , p. 116 , listed as 'Compositie n. XIII, 1913'

archiefreferentie: Photograph Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam C3930 (1946)

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001214759)

Project: Piet Mondrian: digital catalogue raisonné

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