Untitled
1940
paperboard
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1940
paperboard
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1940 by Ad Reinhardt, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting looks like a messy collage of scraps—old fabric, newspaper clippings, and bits of paper in every color. Some pieces overlap, others stick out at odd angles. You can spot a few faces or objects hidden in the chaos, but they’re hard to make out. The whole thing feels rough and uneven, like someone glued random junk onto a board. The artist used real printed materials, not paint, to build the image. That’s unusual for the time—most paintings were still done with brushes. Check out The Museum of Modern Art to see more work like this.
Adolph Friedrich Reinhardt (December 24, 1913 – August 30, 1967) was an American abstract painter and art theorist active in New York City for more than three decades.
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