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Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue
Piet Mondrian1927
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Piet Mondrian cofounded the De Stijl movement of art and design, which is characterized by simplified compositions, primary colors, and right angles that define spatial relationships. A devoted advocate of jazz, Mondrian frequently linked his works to music through their titles. He completed this canvas in Paris just before beginning his series based on the fox-trot.
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- Title: Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue
- Creator: Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872–1944)
- Date Created: 1927
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 62.2 x 62.6 x 10.8 cm (24 1/2 x 24 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.); Unframed: 49.5 x 49.5 cm (19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: J. J. P. Oud, Wassenaar (1955). (E. V. Thaw).
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.215
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: signed lower center: P M '27
- Fun Fact: The small strip of wood around the outside of the canvas, painted the same gray as the canvas surface, is Mondrian’s original frame for the painting.
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit Line: Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1967.215
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