Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue
1927 · Oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)
- Year
- 1927
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 49.5 × 49.5 cm
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Movement
- De Stijl
A pale grey-white square is held by a few black lines: two red rectangles stacked in the upper left corner, a thin yellow strip along the right edge and a blue bar at the bottom, with one large white plane at the centre. Mondrian painted it in Paris in 1927, at the height of his classic Neo-Plastic period, when colour was pushed to the edges and a single large white field became the main event. Each colour has its own weight and position, and the balance is asymmetrical rather than centred. The canvas is set in a plain white surround of the kind Mondrian preferred, which keeps the painting flat and continuous with the wall instead of enclosing it. It is in The Cleveland Museum of Art, acquired through the museum's Contemporary Collection fund.
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 pale field with two red blocks, a yellow strip and a blue bar, for a kitchen, home office or bathroom at 24×36 in black. A bright white or pale grey wall; it pairs with Mondrian's 1929 composition with red and black.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a De Stijl painting
- Era
- 20th century (1927)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- butter yellow, cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- kitchen, bathroom, home office, 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. 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
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
