Composition 10 in Black and White (Pier and Ocean)
1915 · Oil on canvas · Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
📦 Free shipping on every order, arriving in 4–9 business days with production included. Express ($14.90) at checkout arrives in 4–6 business days.
This print
About this work
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)
- Year
- 1915
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 85.8 × 108.4 cm
- Collection
- Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
- Movement
- De Stijl
Short black horizontal and vertical dashes, some crossing to form plus signs, are scattered across a pale ground and gathered into a loose oval, denser in some places and sparser in others, with no colour at all. A few longer verticals near the bottom centre suggest a pier running out into the sea, while the rest reads as the rhythm of waves under a night sky. Mondrian painted it in 1915 in the Netherlands, where the First World War had kept him, from drawings made at the seaside resorts of Domburg and Scheveningen. It was his first painting in black and white only and is regarded as a turning point on his way to pure abstraction. Theo van Doesburg saw it exhibited that year and sought Mondrian out, the start of the partnership that led to De Stijl. It is in the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Black dashes and crosses on a pale ground gathered into a soft oval, like waves around a pier, for a bedroom, study or coastal living room at 24×18 in black. A white, chalk or pale grey wall; it pairs with Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- De Stijl painting
- Era
- 20th century (1915)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
Is this the whole painting, or a crop?
Is Composition 10 in Black and White (Pier and Ocean) in the public domain?
What is it printed on?
When was Composition 10 in Black and White (Pier and Ocean) painted, and in what medium?
What size works above a sofa or bed?
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.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
