Broadway Boogie-Woogie
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| Artist | Piet Mondrian |
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| Year | 1942-43 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 127 cm × 127 cm (50 in × 50 in) |
| Location | Museum of Modern Art, New York |
Broadway Boogie-Woogie is a painting by Piet Mondrian completed in 1943, shortly after he moved to New York in 1940.
Art critics consider Broadway Boogie-Woogie to be Mondrian's masterpiece, and a culmination of his aesthetic[citation needed]. Compared to his earlier work, the canvas is divided into a much larger number of squares. Although he spent most of his career creating abstract work, this painting is inspired by clear real-world examples: the city grid of Manhattan, and the boogie woogie music to which Mondrian loved to dance.[1] The painting is owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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- Broadway Boogie-Woogie in the MoMA Online Collection
