Dolf D. van Omme 19th-21st Century European Fine Arts

Paintings 1800-1945, Drawings

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Literature:
- Els Hoek, De Passiebloem, Een dateringsprobleem bij Mondriaan, Tijdschrift Metropolis M, jaargang 3, nr. 2 (december 1981), p. 33 ill. 2 (illustrated as Vrouw met biddende handen, 1908, dimensions unknown).
- Carel Blotkamp, Mondriaan – Destructie als kunst, Zwolle 1984, p. 37, no.20 (illustrated as Vrouw in devote houding, ca. 1908, with erroneous dimensions).
- R. P. Welsh, Piet Mondrian, Catalogue Raisonné of the Naturalistic Works (until early 1911), New York, 1998, p. 207 en 208 , no. A131 (illustrated on page. 207 as Female torso with folded hands, ca. 1898-1900 or Later?, with erroneous dimensions).
- RKD Studies, Piet Mondrian: Digital Catalogue Raisonné), no. A 132 (als Female torso with folded hands, circa 1908-1911 (earlier?)

Exhibitions:
- The Hague, Haags, Gemeentemuseum, Mondriaan, Tekeningen, aquarellen, New Yorkse schilderijen, 20 March – 31 May 1981.
- Baltimore (VS), The Baltimore Museum of Art, Mondrian, Drawings and Watercolors,
12 July – 20 September 1981, as praying girl (1908)
- Winterswijk, Galerie 't Mondriaanhuis, Mondriaan, Sluijters, Gestel, La vibration des couleurs,
30 November 1985- 6 January 1986, p. 20 illustrated, ('Meisje met gevouwen handen'; 1908' with erroneous dimensions).
- Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación “la Caixa, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Dos caminos hacia la abtracción, 16 September - 13 November 1994, p. 93, no. 35 (illustrated as 'Girl Meditating'; 1909, with erroneous dimensions).
- Barcelona, Centro Cultural de la Fundación “la Caixa, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Dos caminos hacia la abtracción, 25 November 1994 - 22 January 1995, p. 93, no. 35 (illustrated as 'Girl Meditating'; 1909, with erroneous dimensions).
- Winterswijk, Villa Mondriaan, La vibration des couleurs, Mondriaan, Sluijters, Gestel, 20 April 2024 - 3 November 2024.
 

Piet Mondriaan (1872 - 1944)

Woman in Devout Posture, circa 1908–1911 (earlier?)

Unsigned
Black chalk on paper
78 × 56.8 cm

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by Dr. J.F.S. Esser
Collection of Dr. J.F.S. Esser
Collection of the heirs of Dr. J.F.S. Esser

I would like to thank Wietse Coppes (Curator Mondrian & De Stijl, RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History) for his assistance in describing this drawing.
The revised dating will be included in the Piet Mondrian: Digital Catalogue Raisonné, number A132.

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