Untitled
1970
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1970
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1970 ink by Larry Zox, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is all flat colors stacked in sharp angles. Bright red dominates, cut by a pink square and a thin blue stripe. Yellow and green lines slice through like cracks. The edges are clean, no brushstrokes—just solid blocks of color. The artist used a printing method called *aquatint* to layer these colors. It’s not about realistic shapes or scenes, just how shapes and colors clash. Check out how *aquatint* works next—it’s a printing trick that lets artists build up tones like watercolor.
Lawrence "Larry" Zox (May 31, 1937 – December 16, 2006) was an American painter and printmaker who is classified as an Abstract expressionist, Color Field painter, a Lyrical Abstractionist, and a Hard Edge painter…
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