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Preliminary Study for the Red Tree, 1908, Black Crayon |
Final Study for the Red Tree, 1908, Charcoal and Stumping |
The Red Tree, Evening, 1908-10, Oil on Canvas, cm. 70 x 99 |
Apple Tree, Pointillist Version, 1908-09, Oil on Board, cm. 56,8 x 75 |
Apple Tree in Blue, 1908-09, Tempera on Cardboard, cm. 75,5 x 99,5 |
Study of Trees, 1912, Black Crayon on Paper, cm. 68,1 x 89,1 |
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The complexity of the branches is a metaphor of the infinite, multiform aspect of nature (elsewhere evoked by the horizontal extension of the landscapes and dunes), which he inwardly perceived as a unity (the trunk). |
The figure of the tree represented a small universe for Mondrian, multiple (the branches) and unitary (the trunk) at the same time. |
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