"C. Sepp del. et sculps. 1744.", Cross collection no. 37., In Dutch., Includes 2 smaller circular polar maps, and decorative cartouche., Mounted on linen., Ms. note at head of map: No. J., Relief shown pictorially., and Scale measured at center of hemisphere.
The collection primarily contains letters received by Carel Mondriaan and his wife Mary Mondriaan, including one autograph letter and twelve postcards, signed, from Piet Mondrian writing from Paris (1937-1938), London (1938-1939), and New York (1941). Other correspondents in the papers are Willem Frederik Mondriaan (two telegrams, 1943-1944); Harry Holtzman (one typed letter, signed, 1948), Michel Seuphor (one autograph letter, signed, 1956), and Kunstkreis-Verlag (one typed letter, 1956). Also present is a manuscript inventory in an unidentified hand (1946) listing some of the items in the collection, a printed announcement for Louis Cornelis Mondriaan's funeral (1943), a photograph of Carel and Mary Mondriaan with Piet Mondrian in his studio at 278 Boulevard Raspail, Paris (1936), and an album holding seventy-two carte-de-visite portrait photographs of Mondriaan family members (1870s-1880s).
Description:
Carel Mondriaan was born on June 1, 1880, and died on July 28, 1956. The younger brother of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Mondriaan had a career as an insurance broker. and Purchased from S. W. Myers (Sotheby's sale, 1983 November 7, lot 291) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1983.
Subject (Name):
Mondriaan, Carel, 1880-1956 and Mondriaan, Louis Cornelis, 1877-1943
Maps numbered in manuscript 1 to 97; wanting 2, 42, 45, 51, 52, 74, 85, 89, 92 and 93., Some maps dated 1704-1717, others without date., Some maps first published in J. van Keulen's De nieuwe groote lichtende zee-fackel and G. van Keulen's De groote nieuwe vermeerderde zee-atlas., Title devised by cataloger., and With engraved title-page: "Gedruckt tot Amsterdam bÿ Ioannes van Keulen, boeck zee-kaardt verkooper en graad-boogh maker aande oost zÿde vande Nieuwebrug inde gekroonde Lootsman. Met previlegie ... 1718"; engraved title-page has same illustration as J. van Keulen's De groote nieuwe vermeerderde zee-atlas ofte water-werelt ... 1681.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Name):
Keulen, Gerard van., Keulen, Johannes van, 1654-1715. Groote nieuwe vermeerderde zee-atlas ofte water-waereld., Keulen, Johannes van, 1654-1715. Nieuwe groote lichtende zee-fakkel., Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719., and Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651 or 1652-1726.
Coverage includes Breda, Leuven, Maastricht, Eindhoven, and the portion of Germany containing Aachen., Legend in German; place names in Dutch with parenthetical German forms., and Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium--Boundaries--Netherlands--Maps and Netherlands--Boundaries--Belgium--Maps