1919
gouache
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1919 gouache by Pavel Tchelitchew, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting looks like a mix of shapes and colors on lined paper. There’s a big wheel with a thick black rim, a few dark blocks, and some loose brushstrokes in blue and gray. The lines are uneven, and the forms don’t quite match up—like a sketch that got painted over. The artist used gouache, which is a water-based paint that lets colors blend or stay sharp. The paper has grid lines under everything, almost like a hidden structure. Check out more about gouache to see how other artists used this medium.
Pavel Fyodorovich Tchelitchew ( Che-LIT-chev; Russian: Па́вел Фёдорович Чели́щев) (3 October 1898 – 31 July 1957) was a Russian-born surrealist painter, set designer and costume designer.
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