Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red and Gray
1921 · Oil on canvas · The Art Institute of Chicago
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)
- Year
- 1921
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 60 × 60 cm
- Collection
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- De Stijl
A square canvas is turned on its corner to hang as a diamond, and within it black lines divide the surface into a yellow triangle at upper left, a black rectangle below it, a blue triangle at the right edge, a small red corner near the bottom and wide planes of white and pale grey. Because the edges are diagonal, every horizontal and vertical line is cut off at a slant, which makes the grid seem to run on beyond the frame. Mondrian painted it in Paris in 1921, and it is among the first lozenge compositions in which he used his new vocabulary of primary colours and black lines. It was consigned to Léonce Rosenberg's Paris gallery, L'Effort Moderne, then passed through Dutch and American collections before Edgar Kaufmann Jr. gave it to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1957.
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 diamond-hung canvas with yellow and blue triangles and a black block on white, for a hallway, staircase or home office at 24×36 in black. A white or soft grey wall; it pairs with Tableau.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a De Stijl painting
- Era
- 20th century (1921)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, home office, living room, 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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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
