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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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
- Exhibition poster of a De Stijl painting
- Era
- 20th century (1921)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, dining room, home office, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- 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. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
