Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight

Piet Mondriaan (signed by artist), c. 1903

This landscape clearly reveals how indebted Mondrian was to the Hague School as a young artist. A few years earlier, he had copied Paul Gabriël’s In the Month of July in the Rijksmuseum (on view in this gallery). Although the compositions resemble each other, the general impression in each case is entirely different. Mondrian modified the lines and colours in order to create a non-realistic, decorative painting.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4987
  • Dimensionsheight 63 cm x width 75.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4987

  • Description

    Oostzijdse molen aan de rivier het Gein bij Abcoude. De horizon ligt iets boven het midden. De maan rechtsboven de molen zit deels achter een wolk. De molen staat centraal met aan de rechterzijde het zomerhuis, aan een bocht in de rivier rechts. Een groepje bomen sluit de horizon links af. De voorgrond van het schilderij wordt in beslag genomen door een wiel met begroeiing, waarin een reflectie van de molen.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription: ‘Als het doek slap wordt moeten de spielatjes bij a even er uit en dan spieën aangeslagen worden’
    • signature: ‘PieT MONDRIAAN’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Piet Mondriaan (signed by artist), Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1903

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 63 cm x width 75.4 cm


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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery and the Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2005

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; acquired by Carl Christian and Ragnhild Kallenbach Pedersen, née Sarauw, Aabenraa (Denmark), probably in 1904;{Reynaerts/Tuijn 2006 p. 250.} by descent through the family till 2000;{According to the catalogue for the sale Kopenhagen (Bruun Rasmussen), 28 March 2000, no. 282.} anonymous sale, Kopenhagen (Bruun Rasmussen), 28 March 2000, no. 282, € 268,676; private collector, Denmark, 2000-2004;{Note RMA.} anonymous sale, Kopenhagen, (Bruun Rasmussen), 30 March 2004, no. 174, € 174,590;{Copy RKD.}…;from the dealer Simonis & Buunk, Ede, € 495,000, to the museum, 2005, with support from the de BankGiro Loterij and the Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.


Documentation

    • Mondriaan in het Rijksmuseum ; Zwerfkei of sleutelwerk? (hangmap)
    • R. Meijer, Kunstkrant Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (2005) sept./okt., p. 7.

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