Untitled

Untitled

Willys de Castro

1953

gouache

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting looks like a puzzle made of colors. Big blocks of gray, orange, blue, and yellow fill the space. Some shapes overlap, others leave gaps. A small gray square sits in the middle like a window. The edges are sharp, no soft lines here. The artist used a thin, flat brush to keep everything clean and bold. No shadows or depth—just flat colors stacked together. Want to know more about how artists use gouache? It’s a paint that lets colors sit side by side without blending.

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