Untitled
1953
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
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Roberto Ossaye
Roberto Ossaye (1927–1954) was a Guatemalan artist.
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oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1953 oil by Roberto Ossaye, a Abstract Expressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a small canvas filled with thick, messy strokes of pink, green, and black. The shapes look like fruit cut open—maybe dragon fruit—but nothing is clear. Ossaye painted this the year before he died, at only 26. He left no notes, so we don’t know if the fruit is a symbol or just a quick study. The paint is piled on so thick it almost pops off the surface. To see how other artists built up paint this way, look up impasto.
Roberto Ossaye (1927–1954) was a Guatemalan artist.
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