1984
gouache
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1984 gouache by Osvaldo Romberg, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing shows three blobs of color—orange, green, and purple—smeared in a line. Under each blob, messy handwriting labels them: "1 orange cad," "2 green phthalo + yellow cad," and "3 violet purple." At the bottom, a note says "1-2-3 Secondary colors in T. Value order," with a date and the artist’s name scrawled. The colors are mixed from basic pigments, listed like a recipe. The orange is straight cadmium, while the green and purple mix in extra yellow or violet. Next, check out gouache to see how this matte, opaque paint works.
Osvaldo Romberg (Hebrew: אוסוולדו רומברג; 28 May 1938 – 26 November 2019) was an Argentine artist, curator, and professor. He lived and worked in Israel, Philadelphia, New York, and Isla Grande, Brazil.
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