Piet Mondrian
Dutch, 1872-1944
Geinrust Farm: Close Frontal View
INV-5317
Piet Mondrian
Dutch, 1872-1944c. 1905–06
Geinrust Farm: Close Frontal View
Piet Mondrian Dutch, 1872-1944 →charcoaldrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1905–06
Medium
Pastel and charcoal on buff wove paper
Dimensions
47.5 × 60 cm (18 3/4 × 23 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Brewer Woods Fund
Because Piet Mondrian depicted this specific farm no fewer than 13 times, determining when he actually made this drawing is difficult. Prior to 1908, he rarely dated his work; moreover, his artistic evolution is hard to trace chronologically since he made two kinds of work simultaneously: formally experimental landscapes and—forced by his meager finances to appeal to buyers—naturalistic scenes. Based on stylistic similarities to other works of that time, Robert Welsh, a scholar of Mondrian’s early work, dated the sheet to around 1905-06.
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