1956
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1956 oil by Esteban Vicente, a Abstract Expressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is a blur of colors. Shapes float in a soft green and yellow haze. Two red patches stand out—one looks like a dress, the other a wall. A yellow box sits next to a dark gray one, with a red door peeking out. The brushstrokes are thick and uneven, like the paint was slapped on. The colors don’t quite match up. The reds clash with the yellows, but it feels intentional. The painting doesn’t show a real place—it’s more like a dream of shapes and colors. If you like this loose, messy style, look up impasto.
Esteban Vicente Pérez was a Spanish American painter born in Turégano, Spain. He was one of the first generation of New York School abstract expressionists. He identified as an antifascist.
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