Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Dutch painter Piet Mondrian's Composition No. II sells for more than $75 million at Sotheby's auction

A painting by one of the pioneers of abstract art has broken the artist's own record by selling for more than $75 million at auction. Composition No. II was finished in 1930, one of almost 30 of Dutch ...
Observer

A Piet Mondrian Painting Sold for a Record Breaking $51 Million at Auction

Surpassing Mondrian’s previous benchmark, when a 2015 Christie’s auction realised $50.5 million for a 1929 painting, the Sotheby’s sale was the first time Mondrian’s 1930 Composition No. II appeared ...
CNN

Mondrian painting fetches record $51 million at rare auction

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with the final sale price and other details following the auction’s conclusion. One of Piet Mondrian’s iconic abstract paintings sold for $51 million at Sotheby ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Who Was Piet Mondrian Before He Painted His Iconic Abstract Grids?

Piet Mondrian’s The Red Cloud is one of a number of the artist's pieces in the Switzerland exhibition. Kunstmuseum Den Haag Piet Mondrian’s name is indistinguishable from his signature style: blocks ...