Untitled
1921
watercolor
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1921
watercolor
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This painting looks like a building made of bold, flat colors. There’s a big brown arch on top, with three small white squares in a row. Below it, red and black shapes look like walls or doors, while green and yellow triangles fill the space. A bright orange circle sits in the middle, and the number "31" is painted in white on a dark shape. The artist used simple shapes and bright colors to break the scene into pieces. It doesn’t look like anything you’d see in real life—just blocks and lines. Try looking up watercolor, glazing to see how artists build color layer by layer.