Piet Mondrian

**Conservation of this watercolor was made possible by a generous contribution from Dena and Al Naylor.** Before the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian committed himself to avant-garde abstraction in the late 1910s, and became a leading proponent of nonobjective Neo-plasticism, he was an accomplished landscape painter. This watercolor, executed in his mid-20s, represents a shipyard at Durgerdam, a coastal village seven kilometers east of Amsterdam, and shows boats of various shapes and sizes, including, in the foreground, a sailboat dry-docked for repair. It is a colorful scene, and Mondrian’s interest in geometry seems apparent in his emphasis on line, mostly diagonal and highlighted throughout in white, of the buildings, fences, and boat masts. He depicted this dry-docked sailboat at Durgerdam in at least two other works on paper; the Minneapolis version is the largest and most finished of the three.

Drydock at Durgerdam https://collections.artsmia.org/art/4192/

Lighthouse in Westkapelle

Lighthouse in Westkapelle https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/lighthouse-in-westkapelle-1909

Composition with Oval in Color Planes II

Composition with Oval in Color Planes II https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/composition-with-oval-in-color-planes-ii-1914

Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow

Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/composition-with-red-blue-and-yellow-1930

Composition: Light Color Planes with Grey Contours

Composition: Light Color Planes with Grey Contours https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/composition-light-color-planes-with-grey-contours-1919

Lozenge Composition 3 Lines Blue Gray Yellow

Lozenge Composition 3 Lines Blue Gray Yellow https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/lozenge-composition-3-lines-blue-gray-yellow

The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80160

Lonely tree at the Gein

Lonely tree at the Gein https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/lonely-tree-at-the-gein-1907

Composition of Red and White: Nom 1/Composition No....

Composition of Red and White: Nom 1/Composition No.... https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/6886/

Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/not-identified-1

Lily

Lily https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/lily

Polder Landscape with a Train and a Small Windmill on the Horizon

Polder Landscape with a Train and a Small Windmill on the Horizon https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/polder-landscape-with-a-train-and-a-small-windmill-on-the-horizon-1907

Accepted by HM Government in lieu of tax with additional payment (General Funds) made with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund, the Friends of the Tate Gallery and the Dr V.J. Daniel Bequest 1999.

Composition B (No.II) with Red http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/mondrian-composition-b-noii-with-red-t07560

Irrigation Ditch with Mature Willow

Irrigation Ditch with Mature Willow https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/irrigation-ditch-with-mature-willow

Sun

Sun https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/sun

Gift of Philip Johnson

Composition No. II, with Red and Blue http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79816

The Gray Tree

The Gray Tree https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/the-gray-tree-1911

Purchase

Composition in Oval with Color Planes 1 http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78441

A. Conger Goodyear Fund

View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers, Domburg http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79812

The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

Composition with Red and Blue http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80153

At the Amstel Sun

At the Amstel Sun https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/at-the-amstel-sun

Still Life with Gingerpot 1

Still Life with Gingerpot 1 https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/still-life-with-gingerpot-1-1911

Anemones in a Vase

Anemones in a Vase https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/anemones-in-a-vase

Composition with Oval in Color Planes II

Composition with Oval in Color Planes II https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/composition-with-oval-in-color-planes-ii-1914

Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/not-identified

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden

Trafalgar Square http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79879

Dune in Zeeland

Dune in Zeeland https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/dune-in-zeeland-1910

Gift of John L. Senior, Jr.

Composition with Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, and Gray http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79002

Composition No. III Blanc-Jaune

Composition No. III Blanc-Jaune https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/composition-no-iii-blanc-jaune-1942

Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue

Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/composition-with-red-yellow-and-blue-1942