1960
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1960 graphite by John McLaughlin, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows two big rectangles taped together. One side is a flat tan color, the other a deep black. The edges are clean but slightly uneven, like torn paper. The background is a plain, pale yellow. The artist cut real colored paper and pasted it down—no brushes or paint here. The pencil lines at the corners look like they were drawn after the paper was taped. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists use lines to build shapes.
John Dwyer McLaughlin was an American abstract painter. Based primarily in California, he was a pioneer in minimalism and hard-edge painting. Considered one of the most significant Californian postwar artists,…
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