1965
gouache
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1965 gouache by Jo Baer, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This is a flat, pale yellow square with no shapes or lines—just a smooth, even surface. The edges are framed by a thin black border, making it look like a window into empty space. There’s nothing to grab your eye, no shadows or textures, just a quiet, plain color. The artist used a soft, watery paint called gouache, which lets light show through. It’s like staring at a blank page, but the simplicity makes you notice how colors feel different without anything else around. Try looking up gouache to see how other artists used this same paint.
Josephine Gail Baer was an American painter associated with minimalist art. She began exhibiting her work at the Fischbach Gallery, New York, and other venues for contemporary art in the mid-1960s. In the mid-1970s, she…
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