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拍品專文
It has been suggested that this work depicts the region of Brabant, near Uden, where Mondriaan stayed during the year 1904 (see A.B. Loosjes-Terpstra, Moderne Kunst in Nederland 1900-1914, Utrecht 1984 (2e editie), p. 50). However according to Welsh the area shown could also be the surroundings of Amsterdam.
At least three other versions of this subject exist. It seems likely that all four works were executed one after the other, the most famous being the watercolour The White Calf (now in the Gemeente Museum in The Hague). It should be noted, however, that each of the versions bears slight differences in size, technique, lighting, and time of day to the others in the series. In all the versions the calves are positioned differently, although the view through the trunks of the willows, a strong vertical element in the foreground, has been maintained in each work.
According to Welsh the present lot can be identified as lot 36 in the 27 March 1963 Parke-Bernet auction catalogue. Although having a signature lower right rather than lower left as there indicated, there can only be the slightest doubt that this study corresponds with lot 36 (Cows grazing, panel, 13 x 15 inch, c. 1900-05), which entry also corresponds closely with no. 36 of Michel Seuphor's list of All Known Works. (op.cit., Welsh, p. 284)
At least three other versions of this subject exist. It seems likely that all four works were executed one after the other, the most famous being the watercolour The White Calf (now in the Gemeente Museum in The Hague). It should be noted, however, that each of the versions bears slight differences in size, technique, lighting, and time of day to the others in the series. In all the versions the calves are positioned differently, although the view through the trunks of the willows, a strong vertical element in the foreground, has been maintained in each work.
According to Welsh the present lot can be identified as lot 36 in the 27 March 1963 Parke-Bernet auction catalogue. Although having a signature lower right rather than lower left as there indicated, there can only be the slightest doubt that this study corresponds with lot 36 (Cows grazing, panel, 13 x 15 inch, c. 1900-05), which entry also corresponds closely with no. 36 of Michel Seuphor's list of All Known Works. (op.cit., Welsh, p. 284)