1959
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1959 oil by Robert Mothé, a Abstract Expressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows three big black shapes on a white background. The shapes look like stretched blobs or maybe open doors, with rough edges. The paint is thick in some spots, making it look uneven. Dark brown lines frame the top and sides, like a shadowy border. The black areas aren’t perfectly smooth—they have streaks and drips, like the paint was brushed on fast. The white parts glow because of the contrast. Check out impasto to see how artists use thick paint like this.
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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