Untitled
1931
gouache
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1931
gouache
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1931 gouache by Otto Nebel, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting looks like a building broken into simple shapes. Big blocks of pink, gray, and pale green make up walls and windows. Some lines are thick and black, others fade into the background. A circle sits where a window or clock might be. The whole thing feels like a puzzle cut into flat colors. The artist used a soft, watery paint called gouache. It’s not quite opaque, so some paper shows through the edges. The style is clean—no shading or shadows, just clean lines and blocks. If you like this, look up gouache to see how it works.
