Untitled

Untitled

Robert Michel

1930

watercolor

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting looks like a simple shape made of metal and wood. It’s a cross with a long vertical bar and a shorter one on top. The background is dark with a rough texture, like a forest at night. The whole thing sits inside a black frame. The artist used real materials—paint, ink, and even tape—to build this picture. It’s not a photo or a drawing. It’s more like a 3D object flattened onto the wall. Want to see how artists mix real objects with paint? Look up watercolor, glazing.

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