TABLE FOR QUICK REFERENCE OF MONDRIAN’S WRITINGS

This table provides the following data.

1. Serial number
Texts 001-103 appear in chronological order according to the date mentioned in the second column. 104- 128 are undated texts; the order of
these texts is arbitrary. The final entries (A, B, C) are three manifestoes co-signed by Mondrian, and a poem (a), tentatively attributed to Mondrian.
2. Date
See column 1. When no date could be found in any of the sources (see column 6), an argumentative date is provided when possible. Texts 104-
128 must remain undated.
3. Title
Titles may be Mondrian’s own, or those attached by the editor(s) of the publication in question. When a text is untitled, a provisory title is
given between square brackets. Notes are marked as ‘[Note(s)]’ or ‘[Miscellaneous notes]’.
4. Language
This column provides data regarding the language of the source of the text. When a translation was the only available source, the (presumed)
original language is given between square brackets. Abbreviations: D = Dutch, F = French, E = English, G = German, Li = Lithuanian, Po = Polish.
5. Source Whereabouts
This column provides data regarding libraries and archives. For published texts, see column 8.
6. Date in Source
This column provides the dates noted by Mondrian in manuscripts or typescripts. In the case of a published text, the date of publication is
given.
7. Selected Source
This column mentions which manuscript, typescript or publication served as a basis for the text included in the present publication.
8. First (complete) Publication in the Original Language
This column mentions in which book or periodical the text was completely published in its original language for the first time.
9. First Publication in Other Language
This column mentions in which book or periodical the first translation appeared. The language is given between square brackets.

ABBREVIATIONS:

RKD RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague.

Holtzman Deposit Piet Mondrian Papers. The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library - Yale University, New Haven. Call number: GEN MSS 1102.
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Date Title
whereabouts source Source in original language in other language

Verslag van den Archivaris van Verslag over het jaar 1904 en naamlijst van de
December 21 December 21
001 ‘St. Lucas’ over D - Publication leden der Vereeniging Sint Lucas. -
1904 1904
het jaar 1904 Amsterdam, 1904: 15
Verslag van den Archivaris van Verslag over het jaar 1905 en naamlijst van de
[End of]
002 ‘St. Lucas’ over D - 1905 Publication leden der Vereeniging Sint Lucas . -
1905
het jaar 1905 Amsterdam, 1905: [9]
[English]
[December F.M Lurasco (ed.). Onze moderne meesters. Welsh, R.P. Catalogue Raisonné of the
003 [Autobiographical text (1907)] D - - Publication
1907] Amsterdam, 1907: 10 Naturalistic Works (until early 1911).
New York, 1998: I 114-115
[English]
De Controleur 20, no.1004
[23 October R.P. Welsh and J.M. Joosten. Two
004 [Published letter] D - - Publication 23 October, 1909
1909] Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914.
2de Blad: n.p.
Amsterdam, 1969: 9-10
[English]
Guggenheim Museum, Manuscript R.P. Welsh and J.M. Joosten.
[First half of R.P. Welsh and J.M. Joosten. Two
005 Kunst en Realiteit D New York - [Facsimile Two Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914.
1914] Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914.
Inv.no.81.2823 publication] Amsterdam, 1969: 52-55
Amsterdam, 1969: 52-55
[English]
Guggenheim Museum, Manuscript R.P. Welsh and J.M. Joosten.
[First half of R.P. Welsh and J.M. Joosten. Two
006 Kunst D New York - [Facsimile Two Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914.
1914] Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914.
Inv.no.81.2823 publication] Amsterdam, 1969: 55-57
Amsterdam, 1969: 55-57
[English]
Guggenheim Museum, Manuscript R.P. Welsh and J.M. Joosten.
[First half of [Notes in Sketchbook II, R.P. Welsh and J.M. Joosten. Two
007 D New York - [Facsimile Two Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914.
1914] Paris 1914] Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914.
Inv.no.81.2823 publication] Amsterdam, 1969: 51-92
Amsterdam, 1969: 51-92
[English]
Guggenheim Museum, Manuscript R.P. Welsh and J.M. Joosten.
[August-October [Notes in Sketchbook I, R.P. Welsh and J.M. Joosten. Two
008 D New York [Facsimile Two Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914.
1914] Domburg 1914] - Mondrian Sketchbooks 1912-1914.
Inv.no.81.2824 publication] Amsterdam, 1969: 15-49
Amsterdam, 1969: 15-49
[English]
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[November [Published fragment Elseviers Geïllustreerd Maandschrift
009 D - - Publication The New Art - The New Life.
1915] from a letter] 25, vol. 50 (November, 1915): 396-399
The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 15-16
[German]
[October 1917 - De Nieuwe Beelding in de De Stijl 1, no.1 t/m no.12,
010 D - - Publication H.L.C. Jaffé (ed.). Mondrian und De
October 1918] schilderkunst (October, 1917 - October, 1918)
Stijl. Köln, 1967: 36-88
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Date Title
whereabouts source Source in original language in other language

[German]
[December Het bepaalde en De Stijl 2, no. 2,
011 D - - Publication H.L.C. Jaffé (ed.). Mondrian und De
1918] het onbepaalde (December, 1918)
Stijl. Köln, 1967: 101-106
[German]
[March De Stijl 2, no. 4 + 5,
012 Dialoog over de Nieuwe Beelding D - - Publication H.L.C. Jaffé (ed.). Mondrian und De
1919] (February - March, 1919)
Stijl. Köln, 1967: 112-121
De Stijl 2, no. 8 t/m 12, [English]
[August
013 Natuurlijke en abstracte realiteit D - - Publication De Stijl 3 no. 2+3, 5+6, 8 t/m 10, M. Seuphor. Mondrian. Life and Work.
1920]
(June, 1919 - August, 1920) Amsterdam, 1956: 301-352.
De Nieuwe Amsterdammer 6, [Italian]
March 21, March 21
014 De groote boulevards D - Publication no. 273, (March 27, 1920): 4-5, H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1920 1920
no. 274, (April 3, 1920): 5 gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 135-138
[Italian]
April 12, Holtzman Deposit April 12 Manuscript
015 Klein restaurant - Palmzondag D Maatstaf 26, no. 4, (April, 1978): 28-30 H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1920 Box 1 Folder 5a 1920 5a
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 139-141
Publication
Le Néo-Plasticisme. [German]
[November] (Mondrian’s Éditions de l'Effort Moderne
016 Principe Général de l'Équivalence F - 1920 Neue Gestaltung. Bauhausbücher No.5,
1920 corrections Paris, 1920
Plastique München, 1925: 5-28
included)
Van Doesburg Archive De Stijl 4, no. 8 + 9,
July De 'Bruiteurs Futuristes Italiens' July
017 D RKD, The Hague Publication (August, 1921): 114-118 -
1921 en 'het' nieuwe in de muziek 1921
Folder 1409 (September, 1921): 130-136
Het Neo-Plasticisme (De Nieuwe Van Doesburg Archive De Stijl 5, no. 1 + 2, [Italian]
January January
018 Beelding) en zijn (hare) D RKD, The Hague Publication (January, 1922): 1-7 H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1922 1922
realiseering in de muziek Folder 1410 (February, 1922): 17-23 gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 175-182
De realiseering van het Neo- Van Doesburg Archive De Stijl 5, no. 3 + 5, [German]
March March
019 Plasticisme in verre toekomst en D RKD, The Hague Publication (March, 1922): 41-47 Neue Gestaltung. Bauhausbücher No. 5,
1922 1922
in de huidige Architectuur Folder 1411 (May, 1922): 65-71 München, 1925: 54-64
La manifestation du néo- [German]
[April La Vie des lettres et des arts 8,
020 plasticisme dans la musique et les F - - Publication De Stijl 6, no.1 (March, 1923): 1-9;
1922] no. 9 (April, 1922): 132-143
bruiteurs futuristes italiens no. 2 (April, 1923): 19-26
Le Néo-Plasticisme. [German]
[August La Vie des lettres et des arts 8,
021 Sa réalisation dans la musique et F - - Publication Neue Gestaltung. Bauhausbücher No. 5,
1922] no. 11 (August, 1922): 304-314
au théâtre futur München, 1925: 42-53
Publication
[Italian]
August August (Mondrian’s Merz, no.6
022 Het Neo-Plasticisme D - H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1923 1923 corrections (October, 1923): 53-54
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 193-196
included)
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Moet de schilderkunst [German]

[October
023 minderwaardig zijn D - - Publication De Stijl 6, no. 5 (1923): 62-64 Neue Gestaltung. Bauhausbücher No. 5,
1923]
aan de bouwkunst? München, 1925: 65-66
[German]
[October] Geen axioma maar De Stijl 6, no. 6/7,
024 D - 1923 Publication H.L.C. Jaffé. Mondrian und De Stijl.
1923 beeldend principe Serie XII (1924): 83-85
Köln, 1967: 193-194
Beinecke Library, New Haven Exhibition catalogue: [Italian]
[End of] Manuscript
025 Neo-Plasticism E Katherine Dreier Papers 1923 Mondrian and Neo-Plasticism in America. H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1923 710[2]
Box 24 Folder 710 New Haven, 1979: 62 gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 193-196
Manuscript [Italian]
[January] [Facsimile publication] V. Orazi. Mondrian. Abasso l’armonia
026 A bas l'harmonie traditionnelle F 1924 [Facsimile V. Orazi. Mondrian. Abasso l’armonia
1924 In: Orazi, 1967 traditionale. Milano, 1967: 47-51
publication] tradizionale, Milano, 1967: 37-45
[English]
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[February [Mondrian’s response regarding Bulletin de l'Effort Moderne 1,
027 F - - Publication The New Art - The New Life.
1924] ‘la peinture moderne’] No. 2 (February, 1924): 6
The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 193
[Italian]
[August De Stijl 6, no. 6/7,
028 De huif naar den wind D - - Publication H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1924] Serie XII (1924): 86-88
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 199-200
[Italian]
[August Les arts et la beauté de Manomètre, no. 6
029 F - - Publication H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1924] notre ambiance tangible (August, 1924): 107-108
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 211-212
[Italian]
[November L’évolution de l'humanité Bulletin de l'Effort Moderne 1,
030 F - - Publication H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1924] est l'évolution d’art no. 9 (November, 1924): 13-15
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 213-216
[English]
July [Mondrian’s response regarding July Het Vaderland, J.M. Joosten. Catalogue Raisonné of the
031 D - Publication
1925 ‘het Hollandsche Paviljoen’] 1925 Evening journal B (August 4, 1925) Work of 1911-1944. New York, 1998:
II 129
[Italian]
[Autumn L’architecture future Holtzman Deposit L’Architecture Vivante 3,
032 F - Publication H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1925] néo-plasticienne Box 1 Folder 17 no. 9 (Autumn-Winter, 1925): 11-13
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 217-220
December De schilderkunst en haar December De 8 en Opbouw 9, no. 8
033 D - Publication -
1925 practische ‘realiseering’ 1925 (April, 1938): 73
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[English]
Archive Mondrian
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
March Correspondence Project March Photocopied
034 L’art purement abstrait [1] F - The New Art - The New Life.
1926 RKD, The Hague 1926 manuscript
The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Folder 23
Boston, 1986: 198-201
[Italian]
March ART – Pureté + Abstraction March Vouloir, no. 19
035 F - Publication H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1926 L’art purement abstrait [2] 1926 (March, 1926): n.p.
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 221-224
[Mid of [Die Malerei und ihre [D] ABC Beiträge zum Bauen,
036 - - Publication -
1926] praktische ‘Realisierung’] G Serie 2, no. 2 (1926): 5
[Italian]
[September L’expression plastique nouvelle Cahiers d'Art 1, no. 7
037 F - - Publication O. Morisani. L’astrattismo di Mondrian.
1926] dans la peinture (September, 1926): 181-183
Venezia, 1956: 107-110
Neo-Plasticisme. [English]
[December] Internationale Revue i10 1, no.1
038 De Woning - De Straat - D - 1926 Publication F. Postma. 26, Rue du Départ.
1926 (January, 1927): 12-18
De Stad Berlin, 1995: 75-80
[English]
[December] Vouloir, no. 25
039 Le Home - La Rue - La Cité F - 1926 Publication Trans/formation: arts, communication,
1926 (January, 1927): n.p.
environment 1 (1950): 44-47
Manuscript [English]
December [Principes généraux du [Facsimile publication] December Art d'aujourd'hui 1, no. 5
040 F [Facsimile M. Seuphor. Mondrian. Life and Work.
1926 Neo-plasticisme] In: Art d'aujourd'hui (1949) 1926 (December, 1949): n.p.
publication] New York, 1956: 166-168
[Italian]
April 26, [Mondrian’s response regarding April 26, Internationale Revue i10 1, no. 6
041 F - Publication H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1927 'Malerei und Photographie'] 1927 (June, 1927): 235
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 237
[English]
[December Internationale Revue i10 1, no.12 H. Holtzman and M.S. James. Piet
042 De Jazz en de Neo-plastiek D - - Publication
1927] (December, 1927): 421-427 Mondrian. A Portfolio of 10 Paintings.
New Haven, 1967: n.p.
[Lithuanian]
[July [F]
043 [Mondrian sako] - - Publication - Muba Revue Internationale 1,
1928] Li
(July 1928): n.p.
[German]
Archive of Letters to Carola
September De zuiver abstracte kunst September Manuscript Neue Zürcher Zeitung, no. 2060
044 D and Sigfried Giedion-Welcker, -
1929 (L’art abstrait pur) 1929 Giedion [1] (October 26, 1929):
Zürich
Morning Journal 1
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Archive of Letters to Carola

September September Manuscript Esthetica. Tijdschrift voor kunst en filosofie.
045 De Zuiver Abstracte Kunst D and Sigfried Giedion-Welcker, -
1929 1929 Giedion [2] (online journal) (May 2013): n.p.
Zürich
[Polish]
November [F] November
046 [Nowa plastyka] - Publication - Europa, no. 3
1929 Po 1929
(November, 1929): 90-91
Archive Mondrian
[English]
December Correspondence Project December Cercle et Carré, no.1
047 [Ne pas s’occuper de la forme] F Publication M. Seuphor. Mondrian.Life and Work.
1929 RKD, The Hague 1929 (March 15, 1930): n.p.
New York, 1956: 168
Folder 75 (photocopy)
[December Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
047a [Note in manuscript ‘23a’] F - - -
1929] Box 1 Folder 23 23a
January [Dedication on the reverse Kunsthaus, Zürich January A.Roth. Begegnungen mit Pionieren.
047b F Manuscript -
1930 of painting ‘B217’] Inv.no. 1987/28 1930 Basel, 1973: 189
Archive Paul Citroen RKD Paul Citroen. Palet, een boek gewijd aan de
January L’ Art Réaliste et January
048 F RKD, The Hague Publication hedendaagsche Nederlandsche schilderkunst, -
1930 l’Art Superréaliste [1] 1930
Folder PMO_004_002 Amsterdam, 1931: 76-82
March L’ Art Réaliste et Holtzman Deposit March Typescript
049 F - -
1930 l’Art Superréaliste [2] Box 1 Folder 26 1930 26a[1]
[Italian]
March L’ Art Réaliste et March Cercle et Carré, no.2
050 F - Publication O. Morisani. L’astrattismo di Mondrian.
1930 l’Art Superréaliste [3] 1930 (April 15, 1930): n.p.
Venezia, 1956: 120-123
[Italian]
March 25 Le cubisme et Holtzman Deposit March 25, Typescript
051 F - H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1930 la néoplastique Box 1 Folder 27 1930 27[1]
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 265-271
[English]
[January [Mondrian’s response regarding Holtzman Deposit Cahiers d’Art 6, no. 1
052 F - Publication The League Quarterly 19,
1931] ‘l’art abstrait’] Box 1 Folder 27 (January, 1931): 41-43
no. 1 (1947): 6-8
[Italian]
April [In memory of April De Stijl,
053 F - Publication H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1931 Theo van Doesburg] 1931 (January, 1932): 48-49
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 201-202
[Italian]
August Un musée contemporain Holtzman Deposit August Manuscript
054 F - H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1931 international Box 1 Folder 29 1931 29b[1]
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 273-274
[August Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
054a [Note in manuscript ‘29b’] F - - -
1931] Box 1 Folder 29 29b[2]
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[Italian]
[September [Mondrian’s response regarding Holtzman Deposit Heim, no. 3
055 F - Publication H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1931] ‘les artistes et l’avenir de la mode’] Box 1 Folder 25 (September, 1931): 18
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 226
[English]
December L’art nouveau - la vie nouvelle Holtzman Deposit December Typescript Les Cahiers du Musée national d’art moderne,
056 F H.L.C. Jaffé. De Stijl 1917-1931.
1931 (La culture des rapports purs) Box 1 Folder 30 1931 30C (Winter, 2010 - Spring, 2011): 37-73
Amsterdam, 1956: 211-254
[English]
[April Abstraction-Création 1, R. Goldwater, M. Treves (eds). Artists
057 La néo-plastique F - - Publication
1932] (April, 1932): 25 on Art, from the XIV to the XX century.
New York, 1945: 426-427
Introduction [Italian]
June Holtzman Deposit June Manuscript Les Cahiers du Musée national d’art moderne,
058 [to ‘L’art nouveau – F H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1932 Box 1 Folder 31 1932 31 (Winter, 2010 - Spring, 2011): 32-37
la vie nouvelle’] gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 275-304
[English]
[April [Mondrian’s response regarding Abstraction-Création 2, R. Goldwater, M. Treves (eds). Artists
059 F - - Publication
1933] ‘l’efficacité artistique d’une œuvre’] (April, 1933): 31 on Art, from the XIV to the XX century.
New York, 1945: 427-428
[Italian]
[April [Mondrian’s response regarding Abstraction-Création 3,
060 F - - Publication O. Morisani. L’astrattismo di Mondrian.
1934] ‘exprimer par son œuvre’] (April, 1934): 32
Venezia, 1956: 135
[Dutch]
December Holtzman Deposit December Typescript Cahiers d’Art 22,
061 La vraie valeur des oppositions F Kroniek van hedendaagsche kunst en kultuur
1934 Box 2 Folder 32 1934 32b[2] (1947): 105-108
5, no. 3 (1939): 34-36
[Italian]
[April [Mondrian’s response regarding Cahiers d'Art 10, 1-4,
062 F - - Publication H. Holtzman (ed.). Piet Mondrian. Tutti
1935] ‘l’art d’aujourd’hui’] (April 1935): 31
gli scritti. Milano, 1975: 329-331
[Last three months of Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
063 [Tandis qu’en général] F - - -
1936] Box 2 Folder 35 35a
[English]
[January-February [F]
064 [Three Notes] - - Publication - Transition,
1937] E
no. 26 Winter, 1937: 118
Plastic Art and [English]
[July Pure Plastic Art [F] Circle:
065 - - Publication -
1937] (Figurative Art and E International Survey of Constructive Art
Non-Figurative Art) London, 1937: 41-56
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1) Kroniek van hedendaagsche

Van Doesburg Archive kunst en kultuur 3, no. 6 [German]
March March
066 Kunst zonder onderwerp D RKD, The Hague Publication (April, 1938): 166-168 Exhibition catalogue: Mondrian.
1938 1938
Folder 1412 2) Exhibition catalogue: Zürich, 1955: 11-13
Abstracte Kunst (April, 1938): 6-8
[March Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
066a [Note in manuscript ‘34a’] D - - -
1938] Box 2 Folder 34 34a
March Holtzman Deposit March Manuscript [German]
067 Photos I et II: neo-plastique F -
1938 Box 2 Folder 36 1938 36a[2] Das Werk 25, no. 8 (1938): 251
[English]
Piet Mondrian Archive H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[August [Een opzet voor een basiscursus Manuscript
068 D RKD, The Hague - - The New Art - The New Life.
1938] over ’t wezen der plastique] 042
Arch. no. 0740 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 310-315 [passim]
Piet Mondrian Archive
[August Manuscript
068a [Note in manuscript ‘042’] F RKD, The Hague - - -
1938] 042
Arch. no. 0740
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[Last three months of Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
069 A new Religion? E - -
1938] Box 2 Folder 39 39a The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 318-319
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
The Necessety of Piet Mondrian Archive
[End of 1938 - Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
070 a New teaching in Art, RKD, The Hague - -
Begin of 1939] E 043[1] The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Architecture, and Industrie Arch. no. 0740
Boston, 1986: 314-316
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Piet Mondrian Archive Manuscript
[End of 1938 - The New Art - The New Life.
071 [Viewed plastically] E RKD, The Hague - 043[2] -
Begin of 1939] The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Arch. no. 0740
Boston, 1986: 316-317
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Piet Mondrian Archive
[End of 1938 - Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
071a [Notes in manuscript ‘043’] E RKD, The Hague - -
Begin of 1939] 043[2] The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Arch. no. 0740
Boston, 1986: 379
Holtzman Deposit
May Art Shows the Evil of Nazi and May Manuscript
072 E Box 2 Folder 40a, 40c, - -
1940 Soviet Oppressive Tendencies 1940 40a+41Bc[4]
41Bc[4]
[May Arts Content Showing the Evil Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
073 E - - -
1940] of All Oppression Box 2 Folder 41Bc[5] 41Bc[5]
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Manuscript
[July Plastic Art Shows Holtzman Deposit
074 E - 41Ba+ - -
1940] the Evil of Oppression Box 2 Folder 41Ba, 41Bc[3]
41Bc[3]
Manuscript
[May - July Holtzman Deposit 41Bc[2]
074a [Notes in folder ‘41Bc’] E - - -
1940] Box 2 Folder 41Bc 41Bc[6]
41Bc[8]
December Holtzman Deposit December Typescript
075 Oppression in art and life E - -
1940 Box 2 Folder 41Ab 1940 41Ab
Piet Mondrian letters received
Manuscript
April (photocopied), 1940-1941. April Simiolus
076 [Born in Holland] E [CVW-1] -
1941 The Paul Getty Research 1941 Vol. 37, no. 1 (2013-2014): 71-74
(photocopy)
Institute, Los Angeles
Piet Mondrian letters received
Manuscript
May (photocopied), 1940-1941. May Simiolus
077 Conclusion and reflextions E [CVW-2] -
1941 The Paul Getty Research 1941 Vol. 37, no. 1 (2013-2014): 74-75
(photocopy)
Institute, Los Angeles
Seuphor Archive,
[End of May [Some lines about Manuscript
077a E AMVC Letterenhuis, - - -
1941] Nazism and Democracy] Seuphor
Antwerp
Piet Mondrian letters received
Manuscript
[13 July, [Autobiographical text (photocopied), 1940-1941. Simiolus
078 E [CVW-3] -
1941] (13 July, 1941)] The Paul Getty Research - Vol. 37, no. 1 (2013-2014): 76
(photocopy)
Institute, Los Angeles
Piet Mondrian letters received
Manuscript
[24 July, [Autobiographical text (photocopied), 1940-1941. Simiolus
079 E [CVW-4] -
1941] (24 July, 1941)] The Paul Getty Research - Vol. 37, no. 1 (2013-2014): 77-78
(photocopy)
Institute, Los Angeles
[July [Autobiographical text Holtzman Deposit Manuscript Simiolus
080 E - -
1941] (July 1941)] Box 5 Folder 2 45a Vol. 37, no. 1 (2013-2014): 78
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[August Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
081 [Plastic Expression] [1] E - -
1941] Box 5 Folder 5 47, 50, 51 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 364-365
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit
[August Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
082 [Plastic Expression] [2] E Box 5 Folder 6 - -
1941] Y2 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 365-366
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H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).

[August Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
083 [Plastic Expression] [3] E - -
1941] Box 7 Folder 60 60a The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 387-388
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[August Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
084 [Plastic Expression] [4] E - -
1941] Box 7 Folder 61 61a The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 388-389
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[October Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
085 Abstract Art [1] E -
1941] Box 5 Folder 7 - Y8 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 371-372
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[October Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
086 Abstract Art [2] E - -
1941] Box 2 Folder 42 42 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 331-332
[October Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
087 Abstract Art [3] E - - -
1941] Box 2 Folder 46 46
October Holtzman Deposit October Manuscript
088 Abstract Art [4] E - -
1941 Box 2 Folder 43 1941 43a
H. Holtzman. ‘Piet Mondrian.
October Holtzman Deposit October Typescript ‘Unpublished Notes on Nature and Art,
089 Abstract Art [5] E -
1941 Box 2 Folder 43 1941 43b 1938-1943’.
The Structurist, no.23-24 (1983): 84-85
November Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
090 Abstract Art [6] E November - -
[1941] Box 2 Folder 44 44
November November Peggy Guggenheim (ed.). Art of This
091 Abstract Art [7] E - Publication -
1941 1941 Century. New York, 1942: 32-33, 54-55
[Second half of The true value of oppositions Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
092 E - - -
1941] in life and art Box 2 Folder 32 32a
Annex to the exhibition catalogue:
[January 19, Toward the True Vision Paintings and Drawings by Mondrian
093 E - - Publication -
1942] of Reality Valentine Gallery, New York,
January 19 - February 7, 1942
Manuscript
Holtzman Deposit
January The liberation from Oppression January 41Bb[1] +
094 E Box 2 Folder 41Bb, 41Bc - -
1942 in Art and Life 1942 Typescript
Box 7 Folder 58
41Bb[2]
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R. Motherwell (ed.)
[January Liberation from Oppression in Holtzman Deposit Typescript Plastic Art and Pure Plastic Art 1937 and
095 E -
1942] Art and Life Box 2 Folder 41Aa - 41Aa other essays, 1941-1943: Piet Mondrian.
New York, 1945: 37-48
[February Art and Life Towards the Holtzman Deposit Typescript
096 E - - -
1942] Liberation from Oppression Box 2 Folder 41Bd 41Bd
[Dutch]
Exhibition catalogue:
March Pure Plastic Art March Exhibition catalogue:
097 E - Publication Masters of Abstract Art, New York
1942 [Pure Abstract Art] 1942 Piet Mondriaan, herdenkingstentoonstelling
(April 1- May 15, 1942): 7-11
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1946
J.J. Sweeney. ‘Piet Mondrian’.
[End of May [Autobiographical text Holtzman Deposit Manuscript In: ‘Eleven Europeans in America’.
098 E - -
1942] (end of May 1942)] Box 5 Folder 2 24 The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 13,
4-5 (September 1946): 35-36
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[Second half of April Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
099 [Intuition and Instinct][1] E - -
1943] Box 5 Folder 11 23 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 382
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
[Second half of April Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
100 [Intuition and Instinct][2] E -
1943] Box 5 Folder 11 - 22 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 381
The Estate of James Johnson
R. Motherwell (ed.).
Sweeney, Newport, Ireland.
April April Typescript Plastic Art and Pure Plastic Art 1937 and
101 A New Realism E Annex to Mondrian’s -
1943 1943 Sweeney other essays, 1941-1943: Piet Mondrian
letter of June 7, 1943
New York, 1945: 17-26
to James J. Sweeney
1) Manuscript 1) Exhibition catalogue: Piet Mondrian. The
1) [Facsimile publication] May 24,
[Facsimile Earlier Years. New York, 1957
[May 24 [Two autobiographical texts In: The Earlier Years, 1957 1943
102 E publication 2) J.J. Sweeney. ‘Mondrian, the Dutch -
1943] (24 May 1943)] 2) Holtzman Deposit -
2) Manuscript and De Stijl’. Art News, no. 50 (Summer,
Box 5 Folder 2
23a[2] 1951): 24-25, 62-64
1) Holtzman Deposit Miscellaneous 1) H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Box 5 (passim) Manuscripts The New Art - The New Life. -
The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
103 [1938-1943] [Notes (1938-1943)] E - Boston, 1986: 358-391 [passim]
2) Archive Piet Mondrian Manuscripts 2) -
RKD, The Hague 1 and 40 -
Archive no. 0740
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H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).

Plastic Art: Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
104 - E - -
Reflex of Reality Box 2 Folder 48 48a The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 351-352
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
105 - Reality and Plastic Art E - - -
Box 2 Folder 48 48b[1]
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
106 - Reality and Art E - - -
Box 2 Folder 48 48b[2]
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
107 - Reality [1] E - -
Box 5 Folder 7 28 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 373
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
108 - [Reality] [2] E - -
Box 5 Folder 6 66 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 367
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
109 - [Space determination] [1] E - -
Box 2 Folder 49 49a The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 353-355
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
109a - [Notes in manuscript ‘49a’] E -
Box 2 Folder 49 - 49a The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 354

Holtzman Deposit Manuscript

110 - [Space determination] [2] E - - -
Box 2 Folder 45 45b[1]

Holtzman Deposit Manuscript

110a - [Notes in manuscript ’45b’] E - - -
Box 2 Folder 45 45b[2]

H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).

[In accordance with Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
111 E -
science and pure reason] Box 5 Folder 7 48 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 369
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H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).

[What is the essentiel beauty Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
112 - E - -
(value) of all art?] Box 7 Folder 56 56a The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 359-360
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
113 - [Destruction and Construction][1] E - -
Box 7 Folder 57 57a[1] The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 365
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
114 - [Destruction and Construction][2] E - -
Box 7 Folder 57 57a[2] The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 365
Manuscript
Holtzman Deposit H. Holtzman. ‘Piet Mondrian. Writings’.
115 - [Destruction and Construction][3] E X13+X13a -
Box 5 Folder 10 - Tracks, no.1-2 (1977): 36-41.
+X13b
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
116 - [Volumes and Planes] E - -
Box 7 Folder 62 62a The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 389-390
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
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Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
117 - [Subjective and Objective] E -
Box 5 Folder 4 6a+6A The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 361-362
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
118 - [Architecture] E - -
Box 5 Folder 13 X11 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 390
[English]
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript
119 - L’enseignement F - - The New Art - The New Life.
Box 5 Folder 15 A1+A1a
The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 391-392
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
119a - [Note in manuscript ‘A1+A1a’] E -
Box 5 Folder 15 - A1+A1a The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 392
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[Real Content of Art remains Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
120 - E - -
form changes] Box 5 Folder 4 1+2 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 360-361
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
121 - [Where as Plastic Art revails] E -
Box 5 Folder 4 - 6B The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 362
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Typescript The New Art - The New Life.
122 - [Decay and Progress] E -
Box 5 Folder 12 - Y10 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 372-373
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Oppression through Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
123 - E -
Art it self Box 5 Folder 9 - Y3 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 380
[English]
Manuscript H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit
124 - Rythme F Y11[1b]+ - The New Art - The New Life.
Box 5 Folder 12A -
Y13 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 364, 386
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscript The New Art - The New Life.
125 - [Structure] E - -
Box 5 Folder 12 X5 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 384
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Manuscripts
Holtzman Deposit The New Art - The New Life.
126 - [Art and Daily Life] E 34, 38, 40, -
Box 5 Folder 8a+b, 8b - The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
41+42, 43+44
Boston, 1986: 373-376
H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Holtzman Deposit Manuscripts The New Art - The New Life.
126a [Notes in manuscript ‘8a+b, 8b’] E
Box 5 Folder 8a+b, 8b 34, 41+42 The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
Boston, 1986: 376
D
Holtzman Deposit Manuscripts
127 - [Notes about a diet] + - - -
Box 3 Folder 52 37[1] to 37[6]
E
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Box 5 (Passim) Manuscripts H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.). H. Holtzman and M.S. James (eds.).
Typescripts The New Art - The New Life. The New Art - The New Life.
E The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian. The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian.
128 - [Miscellaneous undated notes] + 2) Box 7 Folder 59 - Manuscript 59 Boston, 1986: 358-392 Boston, 1986: 358-392
F
3) Archive Piet Mondrian Manuscripts - -
RKD, The Hague 40 and 41
Folder 0740
Texts co-signed by Mondrian:

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[French, German, English]

[November
A [Manifest I of ‘De Stijl’, 1918] D - - Publication De Stijl 2, no. 1 (November, 1918): 2-3 De Stijl 2, no. 1
1918]
(November, 1918): 3-5
[April [French, German, English]
B [Manifest II of ‘De Stijl’ 1920] D - - Publication De Stijl 3, no. 6 (April, 1920): 49-50
1920] De Stijl 3, no .6 (April, 1920): 51-53
[German]
C 1923 [Begrüssung] G - 1923 Publication Mécano, -
no. White [no. 4/5] (1923): n.p.
Attribution to Mondrian is dubious:
Publication in:
Exhibition
Exhibition catalogue [English]
[Poem on the reverse of catalogue
a [c. 1898] D Private collection - Piet Mondriaan R.P. Welsh. Piet Mondrian’s Early Career.
drawing ‘A61’] Piet Mondriaan
Den Haag 1966: 39 London, 1977: 34
Den Haag
1966: 39