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Untitled, by Alex Colville, paint, 1964

Untitled

Alex Colville

1964

paint

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

Dominant colour

Overview

Untitled is a 1964 paint by Alex Colville, a Realism work, depicting ice skating, held at Museum of Modern Art.

Who painted this?
Alex Colville
When & what style?
1964 · Realism
Where can I see it?
Museum of Modern Art

About this work

You see a lone figure in a red jacket gliding across ice at dusk, skates kicking up a tiny spray of snow. Colville painted every blade of grass and thread of the jacket with sharp, almost photographic detail. Yet the scene feels quiet, frozen in time—like a moment you almost remember but can’t place. Look up *The Museum of Modern Art* to see how they display works like this.

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