Untitled

Untitled

Piero Dorazio

1968

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is a wild mix of bold colors—bright yellows, deep blues, and sharp reds—smashed together in uneven blocks. The shapes don’t match anything real; they’re just flat, flat colors with hard edges, like someone cut up a rainbow and glued it down. Black lines slice through the chaos, separating the colors but not making them look neat. The artist used a printing method called *aquatint*, which lets ink soak into the metal plate to create soft, blended tones. Here, though, the colors stay sharp and separate, almost like a puzzle with no right way to put it together. If you like this kind of abstract art, check out The Museum of Modern Art for more works like this.

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