Piet Mondrian

Sandbergen Collection, The Netherlands
Private Collection, Amsterdam (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, March 27, 1963, lot 67)
Mr. & Mrs. Leon L. Gildesgame, Boston (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art & The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Piet Mondrian, 1966, no. 21

Robert P. Welsh, Piet Mondrian's Early Career, The "Naturalistic Periods," New York, 1977, no. 50
Robert Welsh & Joop M. Joosten, Piet Mondrian, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Naturalistic Works (until early 1911), vol. I, Anvers, 1998, no. A281, illustrated p. 266

The canvas is line and lined with wax. There is some scattered craquelure throughout the composition although primarily based in the lighter pigments. The surface retains a richly textured impasto. There are a few dots of gilding from a prior frame at the extreme upper corner. Under ultraviolet light some original pigments fluoresce, likely due to the work being unevenly cleaned at one point. In addition, there appear to be vertical line of inpainting along the left and right eges, likely to address prior frame abrasion. This work is in good condition.
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