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Piet Mondrian
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian began working on Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red in 1937â38 while living in Paris. He continued the piece after moving to London in 1938 and eventually completed it in New York City between 1941 and 1942.12
The painting serves as a mature example of his Neoplasticism style, characterized by a grid of vertical and horizontal lines balanced by areas of primary color.12