Fig. 10
From: Zinc white marker paint in Mondrian’s neoplastic paintings
Cross section of sample 94.3-X2 from Tableau I (1921–1925, FBB). a Incident polarised light; b UV induced fluorescence; c SEM-BEI. The following layers can be observed. 1: chalk ground; 2–3: blue paint layers with lead white and ZW-Al/P, Prussian blue and cobalt blue; 4: lead white, ZW-Al/P, some quartz, very fine black pigment, ultramarine and maybe cobalt blue; 5: very small black pigment particles, lead white, calcium carbonate, and some zinc white; 6–7: light-blue paint layers with very fine ultramarine, lead white and zinc white; 8: second ground layer with coarse barium sulfate, lead white, zinc white and chalk; 9: blue paint layer with ultramarine and zinc white; 10: ultramarine, gypsum, chalk, lead white and zinc white