1949
oil
paperboard
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1949 oil by Robert Mothé, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is made of bold, flat shapes stacked like blocks. Dark browns, blacks, and whites dominate, with a single pale yellow rectangle on the right. A white circle sits in the middle, surrounded by jagged lines that look like a burst or a star. The edges are rough, almost like scribbled outlines. The brushstrokes are thick and uneven, giving it a raw, unfinished feel. The artist mixed oil, charcoal, and tempera—so the texture varies from smooth to gritty. Look up impasto next to see how thick paint layers create this tactile effect.
Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, and editor of The Dada Painters and Poets: an Anthology.
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