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Chrysanthemum
About the Artwork
Fascinated by the complex structure of chrysanthemums, Mondrian painted these delicate flowers throughout his career. This single, frontal blossom recalls the stylized chrysanthemums of Japanese prints. Mondrian added the initials and date near the bottom edge sometime after painting the flower. Since he returned to this subject repeatedly, even during his later years, this painting may have been produced as late as 1942, the year Mondrian exhibited it in New York.
Inscriptions
signed lower left: P M [inscribed lower right: 1906 (added later?)]
Provenance
1947: (Valentine Gallery, New York, NY, 1947, sold to Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.) 1947-1958: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.[1889-1957], Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1958-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872–1944)
- Date
- 1906–42
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 52.1 x 49.2 x 5.1 cm (20 1/2 x 19 3/8 x 2 in.); Unframed: 41.5 x 38.5 cm (16 5/16 x 15 3/16 in.); Former: 52.1 x 49.2 x 4.5 cm (20 1/2 x 19 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
- Accession no.
- 1958.38
More by Piet Mondrian in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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