Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow
1930 · Oil on canvas · Kunsthaus Zürich
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)
- Year
- 1930
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 46 × 46 cm
- Collection
- Kunsthaus Zürich
- Movement
- De Stijl
A large red square fills the upper right of the canvas, balanced by a small blue square at the lower left and a sliver of yellow at the lower right, the rest white, all divided by black lines of varying thickness. Mondrian painted it in Paris in 1930, the year his neo-plastic style reached its most reduced form; the lines stop short of the edge in places, the bands differ in width and the white is not one white but several, so that a composition that looks like a diagram is in fact full of adjustment. It is the picture most often meant when people speak of a Mondrian, the source of the Yves Saint Laurent dress and of countless imitations. It belongs to the Kunsthaus Zürich.
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 big red square, a small blue one and a sliver of yellow on white in black bars, the classic Mondrian, for a living room, office or hallway at 24×36 in black. White, pale grey or charcoal walls keep it crisp; pair it with Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue from Cleveland.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a De Stijl painting
- Era
- 20th century (1930)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- butter yellow, cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, home office, dining room, dorm 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. 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
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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.
