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Village Church - De Jacobskerk in Winterswijk
Details
Piet Mondriaan (1872-1944)
Village Church - De Jacobskerk in Winterswijk
signed lower left Piet Mondriaan, and inscribed with a poem on the reverse (see separate catalogue)
pencil, charcoal, pastel, watercolour and gouache on paper
75 x 50 cm
Executed in 1898
Village Church - De Jacobskerk in Winterswijk
signed lower left Piet Mondriaan, and inscribed with a poem on the reverse (see separate catalogue)
pencil, charcoal, pastel, watercolour and gouache on paper
75 x 50 cm
Executed in 1898
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the Lindeboom-Harrestein family, most probably by 1900, thence by descent.
On loan to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam from a private collection, inv.no. RP-T-BR-1994-I until 1999.
On loan to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam from a private collection, inv.no. RP-T-BR-1994-I until 1999.
Literature
Robert P. Welsh, Piet Mondrian's Early Career, Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, Princeton, 1965, pp. 32-35
Robert P. Welsh, exh.cat. Piet Mondrian 1872-1944, Toronto/Philadelphia 1966, p. 44-45, fig. 3 (ill.) (in Dutch version p. 39 (ill.))
Herbert Henkels, Mondriaan in Winterswijk. Een essay over de jeugd van Mondriaan, z'n vader en z'n oom, The Hague 1979, p. 52-54, p. 84 (ill.)
Exh.cat. Verso l'astrattismo. Mondrian e la Scuola dell'Aia, Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia dell'Arte, Firenze, 1981, p. 47 (ill.)
Herbert Henkels, 'Mondriaan in Winterswijk' in exh.cat. Mondrian. From figuration to abstraction, The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, 1987, p. 161, p. 163 (col.ill.)
C. Blotkamp. Mondriaan in detail, Utrecht 1987, pp. 17-18, no. 4 (ill.)
Exh.cat. Il primo Mondrian/Gli anni di Amsterdam, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Roma 1995, fig. 45 (ill.)
Robert P. Welsh, Joop Joosten, Piet Mondrian Catalogue Raisonn, Vol. I, Blaricum 1998, cat.no. A61, p. 177 (ill.)
Robert P. Welsh, exh.cat. Piet Mondrian 1872-1944, Toronto/Philadelphia 1966, p. 44-45, fig. 3 (ill.) (in Dutch version p. 39 (ill.))
Herbert Henkels, Mondriaan in Winterswijk. Een essay over de jeugd van Mondriaan, z'n vader en z'n oom, The Hague 1979, p. 52-54, p. 84 (ill.)
Exh.cat. Verso l'astrattismo. Mondrian e la Scuola dell'Aia, Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia dell'Arte, Firenze, 1981, p. 47 (ill.)
Herbert Henkels, 'Mondriaan in Winterswijk' in exh.cat. Mondrian. From figuration to abstraction, The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, 1987, p. 161, p. 163 (col.ill.)
C. Blotkamp. Mondriaan in detail, Utrecht 1987, pp. 17-18, no. 4 (ill.)
Exh.cat. Il primo Mondrian/Gli anni di Amsterdam, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Roma 1995, fig. 45 (ill.)
Robert P. Welsh, Joop Joosten, Piet Mondrian Catalogue Raisonn, Vol. I, Blaricum 1998, cat.no. A61, p. 177 (ill.)
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, Teekeningen Enz. van leden, May 1898, cat.no. 90
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sint Lucas: 9de Jaarlijksche Tentoonstelling, 27 May - 18 June 1899, cat.no. 64
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Piet Mondriaan 1870-1944, 18 December 1994 - 3 April 1995, cat.no. 1
Washington, The National Gallery of Art, Piet Mondrian 1870-1944, 11 June - 4 September 1995, cat.no. 1
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Piet Mondrian 1870-1944, 1 October 1995 - 23 January 1996, cat.no. 1
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sint Lucas: 9de Jaarlijksche Tentoonstelling, 27 May - 18 June 1899, cat.no. 64
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Piet Mondriaan 1870-1944, 18 December 1994 - 3 April 1995, cat.no. 1
Washington, The National Gallery of Art, Piet Mondrian 1870-1944, 11 June - 4 September 1995, cat.no. 1
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Piet Mondrian 1870-1944, 1 October 1995 - 23 January 1996, cat.no. 1
Sale room notice
Please note that the poem is not inscribed on the reverse of the sheet, as stated in the catalogue, but on an old backing. This backing was lost in the past.