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Broadway Boogie Woogie is a painting by Piet Mondrian completed in 1943, after he had moved to New York in 1940. Compared to his earlier work, the canvas is divided into many more squares. Although he spent most of his career creating abstract work, this painting is inspired by clear real-world examples: the city grid of Manhattan, and boogie-woogie, an African-American Blues music Mondrian loved.[1] The painting was bought by the Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins for the price of $800 at the Valentine Gallery in New York City, after Martins and Mondrian both exhibited there in 1943.[2] Martins later donated the painting to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[1]

Broadway Boogie Woogie
Artist	Piet Mondrian
Year	1942–43
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	127 cm × 127 cm (50 in × 50 in)
Location	Museum of Modern Art, New York

Analysis

When Piet Mondrian fled to New York he was fond of the neat, rigid architecture. He integrated the mood and tone of jazz into this work. Mondrian called it the “destruction of natural appearance; and construction through continuous opposition of pure means—dynamic rhythm.”[3]

References

External links

• Broadway Boogie-Woogie in the MoMA Online Collection
• Explanation of Broadway Boogie Woogie by Michael Sciam

На других языках

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- [en] Broadway Boogie Woogie

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[fr] Broadway Boogie-Woogie

Broadway Boogie-Woogie est le dernier tableau achevé de Piet Mondrian, peint à New-York en 1942 et 1943. Il mesure 156 × 156 cm (70 × 70 pouces). Il est conservé au MoMA de New York, grâce à un don de Maria Martins.

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[it] Broadway Boogie Woogie

Broadway Boogie-Woogie è un quadro dipinto da Mondrian negli ultimi anni della sua vita, quando si trova a New York (1940-1944).

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[ru] Буги-Вуги на Бродвее

Буги-Вуги на Бродвее (англ. Broadway Boogie Woogie) — картина голландского художника Пита Мондриана, одного из основоположников абстрактной живописи, написанная в 1942—1943 годах.

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