Richard Pousette-Dart

Untitled

1940

An abstract painting with a complex overlay of colors, shapes, and lines, creating a chaotic yet intriguing composition. The artwork features a variety of elements that appear both organic and geometric, with a rich texture and a sense of depth. The color palette includes earth tones, blues, greens, and splashes of vibrant hues like red and yellow, all set against a dark background that enhances the vividness of the details.

An abstract painting with a complex overlay of colors, shapes, and lines, creating a chaotic yet intriguing composition. The artwork features a variety of elements that appear both organic and geometric, with a rich texture and a sense of depth. The color palette includes earth tones, blues, greens, and splashes of vibrant hues like red and yellow, all set against a dark background that enhances the vividness of the details.

Not on view

Date
1940

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (irregular): 31 × 23 1/2in. (78.7 × 59.7 cm)

Accession number
2001.21

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/13335

Exhibitions

Transitions at Mid-Century, Works on Paper 1945–1955

Feb 1–May 25, 2002

Richard Pousette-Dart
8 works in the collection, 23 exhibitions

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