jeanettera t1_j7xst78 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 3:56 AM

Reply to comment by westmontster in TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check

Not painted??

westmontster t1_j7y0ufu wrote on February 10, 2023 at 5:10 AM

from the article, it seems to be some sort of adhesive tape over a painted surface.

> Part of the problem is that unlike most of Mondrian’s earlier works, New York City I does not bear the artist’s signature, possibly because he hadn’t deemed it finished.

> In spite of all the evidence pointing to the work being currently displayed upside down, the work will be shown the way it has hung for 75 years in the new Mondrian. Evolution show that opens in Düsseldorf on Saturday.

> “The adhesive tapes are already extremely loose and hanging by a thread,” Meyer-Büser said. “If you were to turn it upside down now, gravity would pull it into another direction. And it’s now part of the work’s story