Composition (1921)
1921 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)
- Year
- 1921
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 49.5 × 49.5 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- De Stijl
A large red-orange rectangle fills the upper right of a square canvas, set against planes of pale blue-grey, a dark navy band at the left edge, a black block at lower left and a pale yellow-green rectangle at the bottom, all divided by black lines. The colours are softer and greyer than the pure primaries of his later work. Mondrian painted it in Paris in 1921, the year he arrived at the grid of black lines and flat coloured planes that defines his mature style, and it shows that style still settling: the lines vary in weight, and blue-grey carries much of the surface. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which titles it Tableau, received it in 1998 with the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A large red-orange plane among pale blue-grey and navy panels in a black grid, for a living room, dining room or home office at 24×36 in black. A white, slate or pale blue wall; it pairs with Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey and Blue.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- De Stijl painting
- Era
- 20th century (1921)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, dining room, home office
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
