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Reconstructions

In 2010 I conceived the idea to reconstruct the lost Mondrians. This inclination was brought on by reading of the fate of the 1921 B118 and B119 abstracts: Composition with Large Yellow Plane and Composition with Large Red Plane. The Catalogue Raisonné (CR) describes them as 'lost in fire during the acts of war'. They were both owned by Wim and Tonia Stieltjes and from 1932 on loan to Marlow Moss.

In addition to B118+9, the lost list includes another twenty-two works, the victims of a variety of fates. Here's a breakdown:

Two lost while in the possession of Marlow Moss - B118, B119 (note that all of Moss's own works were lost during the war, too)
Three confiscated by the Nazis - B149, B174, B202
Four others consigned to Hanover and Dresden - B158, B171, B184, B186
Three other war losses - B93, B94, B242
One lost in the USA - B177
One probably recycled by Mondrian - B169
Nine just lost - B148, B157, B161, B164, B175, B179 (book cover design), B180, B181, B247
And B245 was burned in São Paulo, but a colour image exists

In detailing the works, I categorise them in the book as:

Sketches only - B161, B158, B164
Not needed - B169, B179, B245, B247
Five easy pieces - B171, B174, B175, B177, B242
Early Works - B93, B94
Interpreting colours - B148
Entartete Kunst - B149, B202
Corridors of uncertainty - B157, B180, B181, B184, B186
Marlow Moss - B118+9

There is a summay page showing all the reconstructions here.

Sources
Snap Dragon

Mondrian Database

Reconstructions