Why it matters
Black horizontal and vertical lines on white evoke a pier reaching into the sea. It was Mondrian's first painting exclusively in black and white, a turning point on his path to abstraction.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1915.
- It is based on drawings made at Domburg and Scheveningen.
- It is also known as Pier and Ocean.
Based on the Wikipedia article Composition 10 in Black and White (CC BY-SA 4.0).
