17
wood
panel
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 17 wood by Alejandro Otero, a Contemporary Abstract work, depicting Letter, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is a small square board covered with bold blocks of color, paper scraps, and a strip of worn leather. The colors clash like a street sign in sunlight—reds, blues, and blacks all jostling for space. It feels like a quick study, not a finished work. Otero made these in the 1960s, right at the start of pop art. He called them “colorituras,” playful takes on color itself. The materials are rough—industrial paint, cheap paper, even a bit of old leather. If this feels like a cousin to Mondrian’s grids, check out Alejandro Otero.
Alejandro Otero (El Manteco, Bolívar, March 7, 1921 — Caracas, August 13, 1990) was a Venezuelan painter of Geometric abstraction, a sculptor, a writer and a cultural promoter. He was a founding member of the Los Disidentes group.
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