Piet Mondriaan

Illustration number 1001195602
Dimensions: 624x650 pixels
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Object information

Object category

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

2nd state

Piet Mondriaan, Rythme de lignes droites (et couleur?) (1st state)

Support/medium

canvas, oil paint

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (portrait format) 72.2 x 69.5 cm

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

monogrammed lower right: P | M
in red on black line
dated lower right: 35 | 42
in red on black line; according to Welsh/Joosten 1998, Mondrian probably made a mistake when dating the painting 1935
signed and dated in verso: MONDRIAN '37-42
According to Welsh/Joosten 1998, '-42' is added to the earlier inscription 'PIET MONDRIAN '37'.
annotation in verso: - Rythme de lignes droites - [crossed out]
written on the subframe (as far as visible), along the bottom (Welsh/Joosten 1998)
annotation in verso: TOP

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.: 1937-1942 (1935 - 1942)

dates given by Welsh/Joosten 1998; Mondrian started working on this painting in 1937 (first state) and completed it in 1942 (second state)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Rythme de lignes droites (et couleur?)
English title: Rythme de lignes droites (et couleur?)
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: abstraction

Provenance

Collection(s)

private collection Valentine Dudensing, New York City
in consignment
1938 -
private collection Henry Clifford, Radnor (Pennsylvania)
1945 - 1965 start date before 1945
art dealer Galerie Rosengart, Luzern
1965
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf , inv./cat.nr 165
1965 -

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

Exhibition Piet Mondrian Museum of Modern Art New York , New York City , 1945-03-21 - 1945-05-13 , no. 42, listed as 'Rhythm of Straight Lines, 1935-42'
Mondrian : paintings Valentine Gallery , New York City , 1946-03-04 - 1946-03-23 , no. 42, listed as 'Rhythm of Straight Lines, 1935-42'
Collectors choice Philadelphia Museum of Art , Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) , 1949-02-08 - 1949-03-14, unlisted
Isms in Art Since 1800 Museum of Art/Rhode Island School of Design , Providence (Rhode Island) , 1949-02-03 - 1949-03-09, listed as '"Rhythm of Straight Lines," 1935-1942'
Masterpieces from Philadelphia Private Collections : part II Philadelphia Museum of Art , Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) , 1950-05-20 - 1950-09-17 , no. 61, listed as 'Rythm of Straight Lines, 1935-42'
Kunstbesitz der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1968 Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf (city) , 1968-05-26 - 1968-07-07 , no. 58, listed as 'Rhythmus aus schwarzen Linien, 1935-42'
Malerei des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts [Düsseldorf, 1968] Schloss Jägerhof , Düsseldorf (city) , 1968 - 1969 , no. 58, listed as 'Rhythmus aus schwarzen Linien, 1935-42'
Picasso to Lichtenstein : masterpieces of twentieth-century art from the Nordrhein-Westfalen collection in Düsseldorf Tate Gallery London , London (England) , 1974-10-02 - 1974-11-24 , no. 93, listed as 'Rhythm of Black Lines, 1935-42'
Piet Mondriaan 1872-1944 [Den Haag, 1994] Gemeentemuseum Den Haag , The Hague (city) , 1994-12-18 - 1995-04-30 , no. 152
Piet Mondriaan 1872-1944 National Gallery of Art [Washington] , Washington (D.C.) , 1995-06-11 - 1995-09-04 , no. 152, listed as 'Rythme de Lignes Droites (Rhythm of Straight Lines), 1937 [first state] 1937-1942 [second state]'
Piet Mondriaan 1872-1944 Museum of Modern Art , New York City , 1995-10-01 - 1996-01-23 , no. 152, listed as 'Rythme de Lignes Droites (Rhythm of Straight Lines), 1937 [first state] 1937-1942 [second state]'
Kandinsky, Malewitsch, Mondrian : der weisse Abgrund Unendlichkeit Düsseldorf Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen , Düsseldorf (city) , 2014-04-05 - 2014-07-06 , no. 90, listed as 'Rhythmus aus geraden Linien (und Farbe)/Komposition mit Blau, Rot und Gelb, 1937/1942'
Mondrian evolution Fondation Beyeler , Riehen (Switzerland) , 2022-06-05 - 2022-10-09 , p. 173, listed as 'Rhythm in Straight Lines [Rythme de lignes droites (et couleur?) / Composition with Blue, Red, and Yellow], 1937/1942'
Mondrian evolution Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K 20 , Düsseldorf (city) , 2022-10-28 - 2023-02-12 , p. 173, listed as 'Rhythm in Straight Lines [Rythme de lignes droites (et couleur?) / Composition with Blue, Red, and Yellow], 1937/1942'

Literature

Seuphor 1956 , 545 (576), no. 396 , Rythme di lignes noires / Rhythms with Black Lines, 1935-42'
Albertini Ottolenghi 1974 , no. 449 , listed as 'Ritmo di linee neree, 1935-42'
Schmalenbach 1986 , p. 146, no. 63 , listed as 'Rhythmus aus schwarzen Linien, 1935/42'
Welsh/Joosten 1998 , p. 411-412, B276.311 , listed as 'Rythme de lignes droites (et couleur?). 1937 / Composition with Blue, Red, and Yellow. 1935-42, 1937/1942 (Second state)
Cooper/Spronk 2001 , p. 154-161, no. 7 , listed as 'Composition with Blue, Red, and Yellow, 1935-42'
Ackermann/Malz 2014 , p. 197 , listed as 'Rythmus aus geraden Linien (und Farbe)/Komposition mit Blau, Rot und Gelb, 1937/1942'
Bax et al. 2015 , p. 115 , listed as 'Rythme de lignes droites (et Couleur), 1937-1942'
Otte et al. 2015 , p. 249 , listed as 'Rythme de lignes droites (et Couleur), 1937-1942'
De Jong et al. 2017 , p. 199 , listed as 'Rythme de lignes droites (et Couleur), 1937-1942'

Visual documentation

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BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001195602)

Project: Piet Mondrian: digital catalogue raisonné

Technical documentation

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