Field with Oak Trees at Dusk, Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian
1872 - 1944
Field with Oak Trees at Dusk

oil on canvas
92.4 by 145.5cm., 36⅜ by 57¼in.
Framed: 103.7 by 156.8cm., 40¾ by 61¾in.
Painted circa 1907 - early 1908.

Condition Report:
The canvas is not lined. Inspection under UV light reveals some intermittent areas of spots and lines of retouching to the trees and to the foreground and what appears to be extensive retouchings to the sky. There may be further retouchings which are not identifiable under UV light. There is a small indentation towards the right part of the upper edge. There is a vertical stretcher bar mark running down the centre of the canvas. There are fine lines of craquelure in places. This work is in overall fairly good condition.

Provenance:
Dr. Jan F. Esser (acquired by 1912)
Thence by descent to his heirs in 1946
Sale: Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 15th October 1963, Lot 336
Kunsthandel P. Lunshof, Amsterdam
Jan Streep, New York
Gertrude Stein Gallery, New York
Kunsthandel Borzo, s’Hertogenbosch
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner