Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey and Blue
1921 · Oil on canvas · Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)
- Year
- 1921
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 59.5 × 59.5 cm
- Collection
- Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
- Movement
- De Stijl
A large red square dominates the upper left of a square canvas, set in a grid of black lines with a yellow rectangle at top right, a black block beneath the red, a blue bar at lower right and smaller planes of pale grey; along the edges, several lines stop short of the border. Mondrian painted it in Paris in 1921 and signed it with his monogram and the date. It is often described as his first painting after he set out the principles of Neo-Plasticism, an art reduced to straight lines, right angles, the three primary colours and the non-colours white, grey and black, which he believed could express a universal harmony. A Dutch acquaintance, Jo Steijling, bought it on a visit to his Paris studio in 1921, and the sale helped him move to a larger studio on the rue du Départ. It is in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
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 square with yellow, blue and black planes in a black grid, for a kitchen, home office or teenager's room at 16×24 in black. A crisp white or pale grey wall; it pairs with Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red and Gray.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- De Stijl painting
- Era
- 20th century (1921)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- kitchen, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
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.
