LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas laid down on board

Measurements:

11.02 in. (28.00 cm.) (height) by 17.32 in. (44.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Piet Mondriaan' (lower right)

Exhibited:

The Art Gallery of Toronto; Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Piet Mondrian , February-August 1966, p. 28, no. 4 (illustrated, p. 29; with incorrect dimensions)

Literature:

R.P. Welsh, The Early Career of Piet Mondrian, The Naturalistic Periods, Ph.D. diss., Princeton University, 1965, pp. 18-19. H.L.C. Jaffé, Piet Mondrian, New York, 1970, p. 66 (illustrated in color, p. 67; with incorrect dimensions). M.G. Ottolenghi, L'opera completa di Mondrian , Milan, 1974, p. 87, no. 3 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions). R.P. Welsh, Piet Mondrian, Catalogue Raisonné of the Naturalistic Works (until early 1911) , New York, 1998, vol. I, pp. 154-155, no. A18 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions)

Provenance:

possibly) Anon. sale, Galeries Nackers, Brussels, 1 January 1964, lot 355. Gallery Ravenstein, Brussels (possibly acquired at the above sale). E.V. Thaw & Co., Inc., New York (1965). B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago. Private collection, Illinois (by 1969). Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 1990, lot 335. Anon. (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 227. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner