Untitled

Untitled

Ellsworth Kelly

1950

gouache

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows six tall, narrow rectangles stacked in a row. Each shape is split in half—blue on top, white on bottom—with a thin black line separating them. The background is a pale, off-white color, almost like paper. The lines are clean and precise, with no shading or texture. The artist used a simple color scheme but made it feel bold. The rectangles are all the same size, but the white sections vary slightly in height, breaking the pattern just a little. Check out gouache next—it’s the paint used here, and it’s different from oils or acrylics.

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