Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue by Piet Mondrian
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Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue

Piet Mondrian · 1927

A few black lines and primary colors become a complete visual system.

What to notice

Notice how the unequal rectangles keep the grid from feeling static; balance comes from asymmetry, not symmetry.

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Mondrian reduced painting to verticals, horizontals, black, white, and primary colors in search of a universal visual language. The restraint makes every proportion matter.

Source institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
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