1970
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1970 watercolor by William T. Wiley, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows a dry, rocky landscape with a few scattered tools—a red shovel, a wooden board, and a shovel handle. A fence made of rough wooden posts leans unevenly, and a small pile of rocks sits in the foreground. The colors are earthy browns, greens, and blues, with a few bright spots like a yellow handle and a blue object in the distance. The artist wrote a short note about the smell of the peacock feathers he used, calling them "perfect in all visual aspects" but impossible to ignore the smell. Look up William T. Wiley to see more of his work.
William Thomas Wiley (October 21, 1937 – April 25, 2021) was an American artist. His work spanned a broad range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, performance, and pinball. At least some of Wiley's…
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