Untitled

Untitled

Jannis Kounellis

1959

tempera

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows a light tan background with bold black marks. The marks include a big number "7," arrows pointing up and right, and the numbers "33" and "3" with a minus sign between them. Some shapes look like broken letters or symbols. The artist used simple materials—tempera paint and glue—to create this abstract design. The numbers and arrows feel like instructions or a puzzle, but there’s no clear meaning. If you like this style, look up tempera to see how artists use it in different ways.

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