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Geinrust Farm: Close Frontal View
Provenance
J. P. Smid, Amsterdam, possibly before 1962 [Welsh and Joosten 1996]. Sold, Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, October 29, 1962, lot 570 (ill.), as "Ferme sous bois au bord d'une petite rivière." Ralph Goldenberg, Chicago [Welsh and Joosten 1996]. Sold by B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1978.
Exhibition history
Stuttgart, Germany, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, "Mondrian: Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, New Yorker Bilder," December 6, 1980-February 15, 1981, cat. 19 (ill.), as "Gein Farmhouse behind Tress," 1905; traveled to The Hague, The Netherlands, Haags Gemeentemuseum, March 20-May 31, 1981; and the Baltimore Museum of Art, July 14- September 20, 1981, cat. 27. Amsterdam, the Gemeente Archief, The Netherlands: "Mondrian aan de Amstel," February 17-May 15, 1994. Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, "Piet Mondrian 1872-1944," June 4-September 4, 1995, p. 94, cat. 6 (ill.); traveled to New York, The Museum of Modern Art, October 1, 1995-January 23, 1996.
Publications
Robert P Welsh, Piet Mondrian's Early Career: The "Naturalistic" Periods (New York, 1977), p. 85, fig. 128, as "Gein Farmhouse I." Yves-Alain Bois, "Mondrian Draftsman" Art in America, 69 (1981), p. 97 (ill.), as "Gein Farmhouse behind Trees," 1905. Yves-Alain Bois, L'Atelier de Mondrian: Recherches et dessins (Paris, 1982), p. 29, pl. 19 (ill.), as "Ferme derrière des arbres, au bord du Gein," 1905. Robert P. Welsh and Joop M. Joosten, Piet Mondrian: Catalogue Raisonné I (New York, 1996), p. 333, no. A443 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian / Dutch, 1872-1944
- Date
- c. 1905–06
- Medium
- Pastel and charcoal on buff wove paper
- Dimensions
- 47.5 × 60 cm (18 3/4 × 23 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- charcoal
- Place
- Netherlands
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Brewer Woods Fund
- Accession no.
- 1978.462
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