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The drawing Configuration No. II Piet Mondrian raised a record $51 million (€49.4 million) at an auction in New York yesterday. It is the first time that a lot of money has been paid for the Dutch painter’s work. The work was sold to an anonymous Asian collector.
The auction house announced the sale of the painting on Twitter:
Mondrian painted Configuration No. II In 1930, during his long stay in Paris. The painting is one of dozens of Mondrian’s signature paintings. During his lifetime, Mondrian began to paint more and more abstractly; He is seen as a pioneer in this art movement. The painter lived a large part of his life abroad and died in New York in 1944 at the age of 71.
The painter is known for his paintings of horizontal and vertical black lines and primary colors, such as red, yellow and blue. in configure no. secondly Red is the central primary colour.
Record revenue
The last time a painting was auctioned was also a record amount. It was brought in in 1983 Composition II $2.15 million. another plate The third configuration with red, blue, yellow and black It was sold in 2015 for 44 million euros. Until then it was a record amount.
In 1997 the painting became incomplete Boogie Woogie victory van Mondriaan was bought for 82 million guilders by the Royal National Trust for Arts with the help of the Dutch bank and government. This led to parliamentary questions being raised at the time.
