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Landzicht Farm: Compositional Study
Provenance
Johannes Samuel Fredericus Esser (1877-1946), Amsterdam, by 1912 [Joosten and Welsh 1996]; Esser estate, from 1946 [Joosten and Welsh 1996]. Sold by Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute, 1962.
Exhibition history
New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 135, as "Trees by the River Gein," before 1908. Chicago, Allan Frumkin Gallery, "Piet Mondrian: The Early Years 1905-1908," 1964 cat. 7. Stuttgart, Germany, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, "Mondrian: Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, New Yorker Bilder," December 6, 1980-February 15, 1981, cat. 18, as "Trees by the River Gein" 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. 26. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's Studio", September 17, 2022 - January 16, 2023, p. 28, fig. 7 (ill.), cat. by Jay Clarke, et. al.
Publications
Robert P Welsh, Piet Mondrian's Early Career: The "Naturalistic" Periods (New York, 1977), p. 83. Lu Bro, Drawing: A Studio Guide (New York, 1978), p. 179, fig. 18.5. Otto G. Ocvirk, Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice (Dubuque, 1981) (ill.). Yves-Alain Bois, "Mondrian Draftsman" Art in America, 69 (1981), p. 98 (ill.), as "Trees by the River Gein." Robert Welsh and Joop Joosten, Piet Mondrian: Catalogue Raisonné I (Santa Barbara, Calif., 1996), p. 329, no. A435 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian / Dutch, 1872-1944
- Date
- c. 1905
- Medium
- Fabricated charcoal on blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- 46.8 × 62.3 cm (18 7/16 × 24 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- charcoal
- Place
- Netherlands
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Edward E. Ayer Endowment Fund in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson
- Accession no.
- 1962.105
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