Untitled

Untitled

Jean Le Moal

1952

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows two big, blobby shapes in purple and blue. Inside them are swirls of orange and white, like something melting or dissolving. The background is a flat yellow, and the edges look rough, like the paint was scraped or smeared on. The artist used a printing method that lets colors sit on top of each other in layers. It’s not a picture of anything real—just shapes and colors playing together. If you like this style, check out lithography to see how it works.

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