Untitled
1957
oil
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1957
oil
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1957 oil by Helen Frankenthaler, a abstract expressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is a blur of soft colors—pink, blue, and yellow—smeared together. Shapes look like they’re melting, with no clear edges. Some areas are thick with paint, while others fade into the background like watercolors. The brushstrokes are loose, almost like the paint was poured or splashed. It feels messy but controlled, with no sharp lines to define anything. Try looking up glazing to see how artists use thin, transparent layers of paint.
