Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is an oil painting by the Art Informel artist Alfredo Hlito. It dates from 1948 and is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
About this work
Overview
Alfredo Hlito's 1948 painting, Untitled, is an oil on canvas work that exemplifies a transitional moment in the artist's style.
Subject & Meaning
The painting features a sparse composition of simple lines and shapes on a light background, including a prominent black diagonal line, a wavy blue line, and a soft yellow curve, alongside smaller colored lines.
Technique & Style
Despite being executed in oil paint, the work has a sketch-like quality, with bold and confident lines contrasting with the quiet, largely unadorned canvas, reflecting Hlito's shift towards art informel's spontaneous abstraction.
History & Provenance
Hlito, associated with the Concrete Art-Invention Association and a signatory to the 1942 Manifiesto de Cuatro Jóvenes, created this work in 1948; it is now part of The Museum of Modern Art's collection.
Artist & collection
Artist
Alfredo Hlito Oliveri (4 May 1923 – 28 March 1993) was an Argentine painter and writer associated with the concrete art movement.
