Untitled

Untitled

Alexander Calder

1971

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows big, floating blobs of color on a white background. There are four yellow shapes—two big, two small—plus red, blue, and black patches scattered around. The colors are bright and flat, with no shading or detail inside each shape. The edges look smooth but uneven, like someone splashed paint and let it sit. The artist signed it in the corner, but there’s no other writing or clues about what it means. The colors don’t match anything real—they’re just shapes for the sake of shapes. If you like this, check out lithography to see how prints like this are made.

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