Untitled

Untitled

Larry Poons

1964

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is all black marks on a white background. The shapes look like scattered blobs and ovals, some overlapping, others floating alone. They’re loose and uneven, with no clear picture or story—just a bunch of dots and squiggles. The artist used ink on paper, printed as part of a set of ten. The simplicity makes you wonder what’s really going on—is it random, or is there a hidden pattern? Check out Larry Poons to see how he played with color and movement in other works.

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