Untitled

Untitled

Kay Sage

1958

oil

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows a room inside a room. The walls are made of thick, flat shapes in muted greens, grays, and a few pops of orange. There’s a tall, narrow window with a round red circle in the top corner—like a sun or a light. The floor has a slanted line, and the whole scene feels like a puzzle of overlapping boxes. The artist used simple colors and sharp edges to make it look like a dreamy, impossible space. The way the shapes stack up isn’t quite real—it’s more like a memory or a thought. Look up Kay Sage to see how she played with space in other works.

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