The geometry of this composition, made two years after Mondrian moved from Holland to Paris, is directly based on sketches of partially demolished buildings, with exposed floors, chimneys, and patches of wallpaper. Mondrian believed that horizontal and vertical lines, such as those he used here, expressed an underlying, universal order.
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955
1 other work identified
30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Nov 18–29, 1959
4 other works identified
Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
1 other work identified
Permanent Collection
Mar 29, 1972–Apr 21, 1980
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
Piet Mondrian: 1872–1944
Oct 1, 1995–Jan 23, 1996
Piet Mondrian: 1872–1944
Oct 1, 1995–Jan 23, 1996
Painting &
Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
4 other works identified
Focus: Alexander Calder
Sep 14, 2007–Apr 14, 2008
5 other works identified
512: Abstraction and Utopia
Fall 2019–Fall 2020
3 other works identified
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Mr. S. B. Slijper, Blaricum, the Netherlands. Purchased from the artist, 1919 - 1949
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. 1949 - 1950
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Sidney Janis Gallery with Stephen C. Clark Fund, 1950
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