Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Bergé - Christie's
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Piet Mondrian<br />
Mondrian could not realise his goal of abstraction while remaining true to<br />
traditional western pictorial values; his break with this 19th-century aesthetic<br />
is remarkable. In the 1918 composition, Mondrian takes his first steps toward<br />
total abstraction, where the line takes on huge importance, as one misplaced<br />
line can ruin the harmony of the whole. Mondrian reintroduces colour in the<br />
1920 work, and slowly renounces the grid form. In 1922, having arrived at the<br />
full realisation of his neo-plastic compositions, Mondrian achieves the highest<br />
degree of balance and economy of line, colour and form.<br />
PIET MONDRIAN (1872–1944)<br />
Composition with Grid II, oil on canvas, 38 3 ⁄8 × 24 5 ⁄8 in. (97.4 × 62.5 cm.). Painted in 1918; cleaned<br />
and rotated 180° by the artist in 1942. Estimate: 37,000,000–10,000,000<br />
opposite page: Composition I, in rue de Babylone
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