Untitled
1962
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1962
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This painting is four big, flat colors stacked in a triangle. The top is green, then a red stripe, followed by blue, and the bottom is black. The edges are uneven, like someone cut the shape with scissors. The colors sit side by side without blending—no shadows or details, just bold blocks. The artist used a screenprinting method to make this work. That means the colors were pushed through a stencil onto paper, like a giant ink stamp. The lines between colors are sharp, not fuzzy. Look up Jack Bush next—he made this in 1962.