Untitled
1946
watercolor
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1946
watercolor
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1946 watercolor by Robert Edmond Jones, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This looks like a simple but odd setup: a blankish beige paper with a narrow gray rectangle taped in the middle. The gray part is soft and blurry, like a foggy window. Around it, someone scribbled in messy handwriting: *"A Moon for the Misbegotten"* and *"Color of Sky"* at the top, plus *"Jan '46"* and *"About 3'-6"* at the bottom. The gray rectangle feels like a placeholder—maybe for a sky or a moon, but it’s just a flat, pale color. The tape and scribbles make it look like a sketch or a rejected idea. If you like this kind of minimal, mysterious work, check out The Museum of Modern Art for more like it.
