Mondrian usually removed existing paint to accommodate new linear elements or a new color field. To avoid damaging his thinly painted black lines, he would stop just short of these lines when he scraped paint away, leaving traces of the old paint behind. The edges of the canvas also hold a lot of information on Mondrian's reworkings.
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