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Title:Field Bordered by Trees
Artist:Piet Mondrian (Dutch, Amersfoort 1872–1944 New York)
Date:ca. 1907–8
Medium:Charcoal on paper
Dimensions:28 1/2 x 37 1/2 in. (72.4 x 95.3 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Gift of Stephen Mazoh & Co. Inc., 2005
Object Number:2005.480
Johannes Fredericus Samuel Esser, Amsterdam and Chicago (ca. 1907/12–d. 1946); his heirs (from 1946); Jon Nicholas Streep, New York; [Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York and Chicago, in 1964]; private collection; [B. C. Holland Inc., Chicago]; [Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Cologne, in 1980]; private collection, Europe; (sale, Sotheby's, London, June 30, 1982, no. 119, sold to Richard Gray Gallery); [Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, 1982–83; sold in December 1983 to Mazoh]; [Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc., New York, 1983–2005; gift to MMA]
New York. Allan Frumkin Gallery. "Piet Mondrian: The Early Years 1905–1908," April 27–May 23, 1964, no. 4.
Basel. Galerie Beyeler. "Piet Mondrian," November 1964–January 1965, no. 15 (as "Landscape with Fence," about 1907, for sale).
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. "Mondrian: Zeichnungen, Aquarellen, New York Bilder," December 6, 1980–February 15, 1981, no. 29 (lent by Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Cologne).
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. "Mondrian: Tekeningen, Aquarellen, New Yorkse Schilderijen," March 20–May 31, 1981, no. 29.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "Mondrian: Drawings, Watercolors, New York Paintings," July 14–September 20, 1981, no. 29.
New York. Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc. "Twentieth Century Works of Art," May 1–June 30, 1984, no. 11.
Robert P. Welsh. Piet Mondrian: The Early Years 1905–1908. Exh. cat., Allan Frumkin Gallery. New York, 1964, unpaginated, no. 4, ill.
Galerie Thomas Borgmann. Lagerkatalog. Herbst 1980. Cologne, 1980, unpaginated, no. 47, ill., calls it "Feld mit Bäumen".
Robert P. Welsh. Piet Mondrian: Catalogue Raisonné. Vol. 1, Catalogue Raisonné of the Naturalistic Works (until early 1911). New York, 1998, p. 388, no. A581, ill., calls it "Field with Gate and Trees at Right, Drawing" and dates it about 1907; lists it as "whereabouts unknown"; surmises that it is a study for an unrealized or lost final composition; considers it typical of the landscapes in the Twente region of the Netherlands.
Marty Bax. Complete Mondrian. Hampshire, England, 2001, ill. p. 428, calls it "Field with Gate and Trees at Right, Drawing" and dates it about 1907.
Sabine Rewald in "Recent Acquisitions. A Selection: 2005–2006." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 64 (Fall 2006), p. 54, ill. (color), calls it "Field with Gate and Trees at Right, Drawing" and dates it about 1907.
Cees W. de Jong, ed. Piet Mondrian: Life and Work. New York, 2015, ill. p. 344, calls it "Field with Gate and Trees at Right, Drawing" and dates it about 1907.
Evelien de Visser, and Wietse Coppes, with Samantha Hoekema. Piet Mondrian: Catalogue Raisonné. Online resource [pietmondrian.rkdmonographs.nl], 2018, no. A581, ill. (color), call it "Field with gate and trees at right" and date it about 1907.
Piet Mondrian (Dutch, Amersfoort 1872–1944 New York)
ca. 1897–1907
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