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A work made of collage of cut and pasted papers, prepared with gouache and charcoal, on pieced cream wove newsprint in three parts with charcoal on verso.
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Study for a Composition

Piet Mondrian
artist Piet Mondrian, Dutch, 1872-1944
date 1940–41
medium Collage of cut and pasted papers, prepared with gouache and charcoal, on pieced cream wove newsprint in three parts with charcoal on verso
origin Netherlands
dimensions Max: 33 × 27 cm
credit line Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
hall 13 Line / Surface
rights public domain (CC0)
image source Wikimedia Commons
image rights public domain
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