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世界级乌龙！著名抽象画被倒置77年？

A painting by the famous Dutch artist Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down in art galleries(展览馆) for 77 years, according to an art historian.

The painting is New York City I. The Dutch artist made a series of “New York City” paintings in 1941 and 1942 after moving to the city from Europe. It was first exhibited at New York’s Museum of Modern Art 77 years ago, but it has been showed at the art collection of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Dusseldorf since 1980.

For many years, the picture has been hung to show the yellow, red, and blue thickening at the bottom. Art historians thought it represents a skyline. However, curator(策展人) Susanne Meyer-Büser said that she realized this was a mistake when researching a new show, Evolution, which opens in Dusseldorf on Saturday.

“The thickening of the grid(网格) should be at the top, like a dark sky,” said Meyer-Büser. “Once I pointed it out to the other curators, we realized it was very easy to find the mistake. I am 100% certain the picture is the wrong way around.” “Was it a mistake when someone removed the work from its box? Was someone being sloppy when the work was moved?” Meyer-Büser said. “It’s impossible to say.”

Turning it may risk damaging it, so the artwork will remain to be showed in the same way it has been in for 77 years to protect it.