Untitled

Untitled

Vicente Rojo

1972

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows a simple shape that looks like a doorway or arch. It’s made of flat colors: purple at the top and sides, blue in the middle. Three small black dots line up in the center, like a handle or a doorknob. The lines are clean and straight, with no shading or texture. The artist used a printing method that lets colors sit side by side without mixing. The dots might be a trick to make you think about what’s real in the image. Look up lithography to see how this kind of print was made.

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