Untitled
1961
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1961
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This painting looks like a messy mix of colors and shapes. The top half is mostly dark brown with black scribbles and blobs, like ink spilled on paper. Near the bottom, there’s a bright orange line cutting across, and a few small dots of blue and red. The bottom half is mostly white with a few streaks of black and blue, and some faint handwritten letters. The artist used a printing method that lets colors bleed together unevenly. That’s how the paint looks smudged and uneven, like it was never meant to be perfect. Look up lithography to see how this technique works.