1928
paint
paperboard
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1928 paint by Max Burchartz, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This image shows a mix of odd shapes glued together. There’s a rusty-looking metal pipe with two dark holes, a smaller cone shape, and a red square with a black square inside it. A big black letter "b" sits above the red square, like it was cut from paper and stuck on. The red square and black shapes look like they’re floating over the metal parts. The whole thing feels like a puzzle—some parts look real, others like they’re just painted or printed. If you like this mix of real and made-up, check out The Museum of Modern Art for more work like this.
Max Hubert Innocenz Maria Burchartz (1887–1961) was a German painter, typographer, photographer, commercial art designer, and graphic arts teacher.
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