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Piet Mondrian — Composition in White, Red, and Yellow
Piet Mondrian

Composition in White, Red, and Yellow

1936

This iconic work by Piet Mondrian exemplifies his mature De Stijl aesthetic, featuring a precisely structured grid of bold black lines dividing the canvas into rectangles filled with white and the primary colors red, yellow, and blue. The asymmetrical arrangement demonstrates Mondrian's mastery of visual balance and his pursuit of pure abstraction through the reduction of form to essential elements. Painted in 1936, the work belongs to his celebrated series of Compositions and stands as a landmark in the history of geometric abstraction. It is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Medium
Oil on canvas

Notes

Spotted at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Title as entered by user appears to contain a formatting artifact; corrected to 'Composition in White, Red, and Yellow' based on standard art historical records for this 1936 Mondrian work.

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Piet Mondrian, Composition in White, Red, and Yellow, 1936

This iconic work by Piet Mondrian exemplifies his mature De Stijl aesthetic, featuring a precisely structured grid of bold black lines dividing the canvas into rectangles filled with white and the primary colors red, yellow, and blue. The asymmetrical arrangement demonstrates Mondrian's mastery of visual balance and his pursuit of pure abstraction through the reduction of form to essential elements. Painted in 1936, the work belongs to his celebrated series of Compositions and stands as a landmark in the history of geometric abstraction. It is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Year
1936
Seen at
MoMA, Manhattan, United States

Related themes

Geometric, 20th Century, Blue Chip, Primary Colors, De Stijl, Dutch, Modernism, Abstract, Painting, Neoplasticism

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago