Untitled
1952
gouache
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1952
gouache
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1952 gouache by Henri Matisse, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is made of bright, flat colors in big blocks—blue, yellow, green, and purple. Stars and wavy lines fill the spaces, cut out and pasted neatly. The top half has a big blue arch with yellow stars, while the bottom half stacks smaller squares with bold shapes inside. The artist used a technique where paint is thinned and layered like watercolor but stays flat and bright. This isn’t a sketch—it’s finished with careful cuts and glue. Look up gouache to see how this soft, opaque paint works.
