B149

Cat	B149
Other	S(655), O-, B-
BMI	1111
Title	B149 "Komposition mit Gelb, Zinnober, Schwarz, Blau und verschiedenen grauen und weissen Tönen" (Composition with Yellow, Cinnabar, Black, Blue and Various Grey and White Tones)
Date	1922
Format	Oil on canvas
Size (h,w)	83.7 x 50.2 cm
Signed	lower centre: PM 23
Location	Whereabouts unknown. This picture was in the Hannover Provinzialmuseum, but was confiscated by the Nazi authorities in 1937, presumably in their cull of 'decadent' art.
Owners	1924 consigned to Sophie Küppers (Hannover); 1924 Hannover Provinzialmuseum; 1937 confiscated.
Credits	The second photograph (c. May 1923) shows Mondrian and Nellie van Doesburg with B149 behind and B146 on the floor.
Notes	The painting has been reconstructed. The Hannover Museum has also reconstructed the entire Cabinet of Abstraction exhibition (link here) and their version of B149 reverses the blue and red, though we agree on the yellow.
US ©	2019 - it is curious that a painting that does not exist other than in 70-year old black and white photographs can still be subject to copyright restricions. Nick B. July 2017.

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