Piet Mondriaan artwork • painting • previously for sale The river Gein with the Oostzijdse Molen
Piet Mondriaan
Amersfoort 1872-1944 New York (Verenigde Staten)
1872-1944
The river Gein with the Oostzijdse Molen
oil on canvas 63.0 x 75.4 cm, signed l.l. and painted circa 1902-1903
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Carl C. en Ragnhild Kallenbach Pedersen-Sarau, Aabenraa, Denemarken, vermoedelijk gekregen als huwelijksgeschenk, 1904-1958; geërfd door hun dochter Kirsten Nissen-Kallenbach Pedersen, 1958-1995; geërfd door haar dochter Inge Pedersen-Nissen, 1995-1996; geërfd door haar echtgenoot Otto Pedersen, 1996-2000; part.coll. Denemarken tot 2004; Simonis & Buunk tot 2005; Rijksmuseum.
Literature: Charles Dumas, Leo Endedijk, 'Meesters en Molens: Van Rembrandt tot Mondriaan', Zwolle/Amsterdam 2007, pag. 207, cat.nr. 131 (met afb. in kleur), afb. in kleur (detail) pag. 208-209; Antoon Erftemeijer, ‘Zó Hollands. Het Hollandse landschap in de Nederlandse kunst sinds 1850’, Haarlem 2011, afb. in kleur pag. 48.
Exhibited: Amersfoort, Mondriaanhuis, bruikleen Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, Ede, 11 juli-10 okt. 2004.
Before Mondrian made the abstract compositions with which he became famous, he drew and painted landscapes, figures, flowers and still-lifes in a naturalist style. Between 1895 and 1908, he gradually detached himself from exact pictorial representation and experimented with colour, composition and a simplifying of forms. This ultimately led to depicting nature in abstract vertical and horizontal lines and planes in primary colours.
© Simonis & Buunk
