Untitled
1960
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1960
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1960 by Carl Andre, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This piece is just rows of typed numbers on paper. The numbers go 1, 2, 3, then 4, 5, 6, and finally 7, 8, 9. They’re stacked neatly, like a grid. The top half has mostly 1s, 2s, and 3s. The bottom half shifts to 7s, 8s, and 9s. The paper is plain white, and the ink is black. The artist used a typewriter to make this. The numbers don’t form words or pictures. It’s just the shapes and order of the letters. Look up Carl Andre to see how he turned simple ideas into art.
