PROPERTY FROM THE ISRAEL MUSEUM, JERUSALEM, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND: FROM THE CARL H. AND RUTH L. GANS COLLECTION

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)

Hoeve met Wilgen aan het water I

Details

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)
Hoeve met Wilgen aan het water I
signed 'P. MONDRIAAN.' (lower left)
oil on board laid down on panel
9 ½ x 12 3/8 in. (24 x 31.5 cm.)
Painted in Amsterdam circa 1902-1903

Provenance

S.B. Slijper, Blaricum (acquired from the artist, 1919).
Elli Landsberger-Stiasny, The Hague (acquired from the above, 1958).
Carl H. and Ruth L. Gans, New York (by descent from the above, 1980).
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 2014.

Literature

M. Seuphor, Piet Mondrian: Life and Work, New York, 1956, p. 414, no. 101 (dated circa 1905 and titled Trees by Water).
R.P. Welsh, The Early Career of Piet Mondrian: The Naturalistic Periods, Ph.D. Diss., Princeton University, 1965, pp. 64-65 (illustrated, fig. 84; dated 1903 and titled Willows along an Irrigation Ditch).
R.P. Welsh, Piet Mondrian: Catalogue Raisonné of the Naturalistic Works (Until Early 1911), New York, 1998, vol. I, p. 280, no. A327 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Washington, D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Piet Mondrian, 1965.

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Lot Essay

"Without a knowledge of the other two versions of this composition (cat. nos. A328-A329), this one would not be recognizable as a farmstead in which the tree foliage completely obscures the farm building visible in the two companion examples," wrote Robert P. Welsh. "It is here ascribed a relatively early date due to analogies in composition, matted coloration and brush technique with the oil version of The Royal Wax Candle Factory, Oil Sketch (cat. no. A190) from 1900-01. Because of its small size and mounting it qualifies as a sketch made at the site" (op. cit., p. 280).

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