Art, literature & history
Geinrust Farm: Close Frontal View
c. 1905–06
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pastel and charcoal on buff wove paper
- Dimensions
- 47.5 × 60 cm (18 3/4 × 23 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1978.462
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Piet Mondrian. Geinrust Farm: Close Frontal View. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Geinrust Farm: Close Frontal View — Piet Mondrian. c. 1905–06.
Medium: Pastel and charcoal on buff wove paper. Dimensions: 47.5 × 60 cm (18 3/4 × 23 5/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Because Piet Mondrian depicted this specific farm no fewer than 13 times, determining when he actually made this drawing is difficult. Prior to 1908, he rarely dated his work; moreover, his artistic evolution is hard to trace chronologically since he made two kinds of work simultaneously: formally experimental landscapes and—forced by his meager finances to appeal to buyers—naturalistic scenes. Based on stylistic similarities to other works of that time, Robert Welsh, a scholar of Mondrian’s early work, dated the sheet to around 1905-06.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.