B226

Cat	B226
Other	S525, O403, B-
BMI	1000
Title	Composition No.1 with Red
Date	1931
Format	Oil on canvas
Size (h,w)	82.5 x 54.7 cm
Signed	lower centre in red on black line: P M 31
Location	Private collection, originally a gift to Charmion von Wiegand
Owners	1941 Charmion von Wiegand (NY), gift of PM; 1971 Harold Diamond (NY); 1971 Fine Arts Mutual, NY; 1983 EV Thaw (NY); 1983 Galerie Beyeler, Basel; 1983 private collection. It was sold for $2.6M at Christies, New York on 19th November 1998.
Credits	The first photograph shows Charmion von Wiegand on the roof of her New York apartment building with her B226, 1943, photographer unknown. The letter (1931) from Mondrian to Albert van den Briel, shows sketches of what appear to be B226 and B201 (Bois).
Notes	B226 also appears in installation shots with B104 and with B228.
US ©	n/a

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