Composition No. IV (Composition 6)
1914 · Oil on canvas · Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
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About this work
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)
- Year
- 1914
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 88 × 61 cm
- Collection
- Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
- Movement
- Cubism
A tall grid of soft-cornered rectangles in pale pink, grey, ochre and blue is drawn in black lines that thin out toward the edges, leaving the structure floating in a grey-white field. A few rounded ends at the bottom recall arches or windows. Mondrian painted it in Paris in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of war, at the end of his Cubist period, when he was working from the facades and scaffolding of buildings around his studio. The motif has disappeared into horizontals and verticals, but its rhythm is still the rhythm of walls and windows. The muted colour and open, fading edge set it apart from the hard grids he would reach after 1920. It is in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, which holds the largest collection of his work.
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 tall grid of pale pink, grey and ochre rectangles fading into a grey-white ground, for a bedroom, hallway or reading corner at 24×36 in natural wood. A soft white, blush or warm grey wall; it pairs with Pier and Ocean.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Cubism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1914)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- 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
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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.
