1946
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1946 oil by Adolph Gottlieb, a Abstract Expressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is split into nine small, uneven boxes. Each box has a simple shape or face painted in earthy browns, yellows, and a little blue. Some look like masks or eyes, others like a hanging basket or a squiggly line. The background is a mix of yellow, green, and beige, with rough brushstrokes. The faces have bold, flat features—big eyes, simple noses—and one even has a small red square for a mouth. The shapes don’t try to look real; they’re more like symbols or ideas. The paint is thick in spots, giving it a textured look. This painting uses impasto, a technique where paint is laid on thickly.
Adolph Gottlieb was an American abstract expressionist painter who also made sculpture and became a printmaker.
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