Untitled

Untitled

Fred Sandback

1991

pastel

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows a simple, floating shape made of bright rectangles—yellow, blue, and red—leaning against a blank white background. The lines are rough and uneven, like someone quickly sketched them with pastel sticks. Some colors bleed into each other, making the edges fuzzy. The artist used pastel, a soft chalky material that smudges easily, giving the work a loose, almost accidental feel. The empty space around the shape makes it look weightless, like it could drift away. Want to see more work like this? Check out pastel as a technique.

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