It has been revealed that Dutch summary artist Piet Mondrian’s work New York 1, which consists of crimson, yellow, black and blue adhesive tapes, has been exhibited the other way up in numerous museums and galleries for about 75 years.
DETECTED WHILE RESEARCHING
Curator and Artwork Historian Susanne Meyer-Büser, who made the invention, advised the British newspaper Guardian earlier this 12 months that she observed the error whereas researching for an exhibition of the artist.
Meyer-Büser identified that the horizontal yellow, black and blue stripes, that are ceaselessly used within the ‘flat type’ of the portray, are on the prime of the desk and emphasised that that is the other of the scenario within the desk hung the other way up.
HANGED FLAT IN THE STUDIO’S PHOTO
Curator Meyer-Büser, who acknowledged that he was 100% positive that the portray was hung the other way up, acknowledged that the {photograph} of Mondrian’s studio, printed within the US-based way of life journal City and Nation in June 1944, reveals the portray accurately sitting on an easel.
Mondrian’s exhibition opened right this moment on the Artwork Basis Museum in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia, and for the reason that portray has been displayed the other way up for years, it should proceed to be displayed the other way up so that it’ll not lose worth.