Piet Mondrian
Women Doing the Wash , 1894 (Executed)
Lot #907 |
2025-11-21 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 80,000 - 120,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11730
Auction name: Modern Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-11-21
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Modern Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 11 ⅜ by 9 ⅜ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
28.8
Width In Centimeters:
23.8
Height In Inches:
11.375
Width In Inches:
9.375
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Year notes: Executed in 1894.
Provenance
<p>Sonneveld Collection, Middelburg, The Netherlands</p><p>Auction Mak Van Waay, Amsterdam, 16 March 1954, lot 115 </p><p>Private Collection, Amsterdam (acquired at the above sale) </p><p>Sotheby's, London, 20 June 2006, lot 306 (consigned by the above)</p><p>Acquired at the above sale by the present owner </p>
Literature
<p>Albertini Ottolenghi and Maria Grazia, <em>L'Opera completa di Mondrian</em>, Milan, 1974, no. 12 (titled <em>Lavandaie </em>and dated <em>circa </em>1895)</p><p>Robert P. Welsh, <em>Piet Mondrian's Early Career,</em> Princeton, 1965, no. 42, n.p., illustrated </p><p>Robert P. Welsh, <em>Catalogue Raisonné of the Naturalistic Works (Until Early 1911)</em>, New York, 1998, no. A29, p. 22, illustrated in color</p><p>Marjory Degen, Katjuscha Otte, Ingelies Vermeulen, Marty Bax, Cees W. de Jong and Robert P. Welsh, <em>Piet Mondriaan: leven en werk</em>, Amsterdam, 2015, p. 40, illustrated in color; p. 282, illustrated</p>
Catalog summary
Property from a Notable North Carolina Collection Piet Mondrian 1872 - 1944 Women Doing the Wash signed Pieter Mondriaan (lower left) oil on canvas laid down on board 11 ⅜ by 9 ⅜ in. 28.8 by 23.8 cm. Executed circa 1894-96.