欧美人文风情第43篇:皮耶蒙德里安的《红、黄,蓝的构成》

 It's so pure and it's so perfectly¹ composed, balanced, and abstracted. 那如此纯粹、如此完美地组成、平衡、抽象化。

It just works, this painting. 它就是奏效了，这幅画作。

We're very excited to have this superb Mondrian painting coming up in a sale. 我们非常兴奋能让这幅极美的蒙德里安画作出现在拍卖上。

It's an absolutely quintessential example from the seminal² period of Mondrian's creative output. 这是蒙德里安创作产出的发展时期中一个完全典型的例子。

It's from 1927, The Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue. 这是1927年画的，〈红、黄、蓝的构成〉。

And here you see Mondrian with his classic, purest, abstract style, using the simple black, greige, 这里你看到蒙德里安和他那经典、最纯粹的、抽象的特色，使用单纯的黑色、灰褐色，

and the three primary colors—his favorite combination—to a wonderful effect. 还有三原色－－他最爱的组合－－来达到完美的效果。

We hardly ever see Mondrian at auction³, and most of the major works are in the big international museums. 我们几乎从未在拍卖上看到马德里安，且大部分主要的画作都在大型国际美术馆中。

And here we have—coming from a private European collection—a kind of perfect, exquisite⁴ example. 这里我们有了－－从欧洲私人收藏来的－－一种完美、精巧的例子。

This canvas is still in its original frame executed by Mondrian. 这幅油画仍安置在马德里安最初制作的画框内。

And it's coming to auction now in an excellent, original condition. 而它现在以一种完美、最初的状态来到拍卖会。

And it presents a real opportunity for colossal⁵ collectors to acquire a Mondrian, 且它提供一个真正的机会给大批收藏家来得到马德里安的画，

and that is very much a key, iconic work from the best of 20th century art. 而那很大程度是二十世纪艺术精华中一幅重要、经典的作品。

 

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 seminal   

adj.影响深远的；种子的

参考例句：

• The reforms have been a seminal event in the history of the NHS.这些改革已成为英国国民保健制度史上影响深远的一件大事。
• The emperor's importance as a seminal figure of history won't be diminished.做为一个开创性历史人物的重要性是不会减弱的。

3 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

4 exquisite   

adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的

参考例句：

• I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
• I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。

5 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。