Untitled

Untitled

Richard Tuttle

1974

watercolor

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is just a pale yellow square of paper with almost nothing on it. Off-center, there’s a tiny, faint blue shape—like a smudge or a half-erased line. The edges of the paper are raw, with a perforated top like a notebook. The blue mark is so light it barely stands out. It’s not a clear object—more like a whisper of color on the page. Try looking up watercolor to see how artists use thin, see-through layers.

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