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Lot Essay
Until the mid-1920's Mondriaan created more then a hundred pictures of flowers. Reflecting years later on his attraction to the subject he wrote 'I enjoyed painting flowers, not bouquets, but a single flower at a time, in order that I might better express its plastic structure'. Years later Mondriaan stated 'I too find flowers beautiful in their exterior beauty, yet there is a deeper beauty hidden.
The colours and brush stroke of White Roses suggest Mondriaan's roots in the Dutch Impressionism, such as the painter Floris Vester.
Robert Welsh had some trouble to date the work. 'Because of the Buffa label attached to the reverse of this painting it was likely present as White Christmas Roses at the exhibition of flowers and still lifes, which the firm organized in November 1923, especially since the art critic N.H. Wolf described it as 'a very precious little work..'. (Welsh, op cit, p. 197) This remark of Wolf could suggest that it is a recent painting (at that time), but that does not stylistically match with Mondriaan's other flower pieces from the 1920's. An earlier date around 1900 seems more likely.
The colours and brush stroke of White Roses suggest Mondriaan's roots in the Dutch Impressionism, such as the painter Floris Vester.
Robert Welsh had some trouble to date the work. 'Because of the Buffa label attached to the reverse of this painting it was likely present as White Christmas Roses at the exhibition of flowers and still lifes, which the firm organized in November 1923, especially since the art critic N.H. Wolf described it as 'a very precious little work..'. (Welsh, op cit, p. 197) This remark of Wolf could suggest that it is a recent painting (at that time), but that does not stylistically match with Mondriaan's other flower pieces from the 1920's. An earlier date around 1900 seems more likely.