Study of four Marigolds

Details

Piet Mondriaan (DUTCH, 1842-1944)
Study of four Marigolds
with signature and inscription 'Piet Mondriaan London period' (lower right)
pencil on paper
21 x 28 cm.
Executed circa 1937-1939.

Provenance

Ernst Leyden, London/Paris, from circa 1939 until 1969.
J.P. Smid, Amsterdam, 1979 (?).
Anon. Sale Christie's Amsterdam, 12 December 1990, lot 53.

Literature

R.P. Welsh, J. Joosten, Piet Mondriaan, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II, Antwerp 1998, no. C.124, p. 497 (ill.)

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

The inscription Mondriaan London period was added by the artist Ernst Leyden, who owned the work.

To be sold with a photocertificate of authenticity by Prof. Robert Welsh, dated 15 March 1979.

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