Untitled
1942
gouache
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1942
gouache
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This painting shows strange, tall shapes that look like melted figures. They have stretched limbs and odd, flat heads. The background is a soft gray with a faint horizon line. The figures seem to float, with no clear weight or balance. The artist used cut-and-pasted paper and painted it with gouache, a thick, matte paint. The forms don’t look like anything real, but they feel like they could be part of a dream. Look up gouache to see how this paint works.