Untitled

Ad Reinhardt, Untitled, 1940, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.75
Ad Reinhardt, Untitled, 1940, oil on fiberboard, 46 x 24 in. (116.8 x 61.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.75

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled
Artist
Date
1940
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
46 x 24 in. (116.8 x 61.0 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract — geometric
Object Number
1986.92.75
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.92.75

Artwork Description

Untitled is a jazzy kaleidoscope of colored rectangles that resembles a collage whose elements are painted rather than pasted. Reds and pinks placed beside yellows and greens produce optical effects that deny the flatness of the canvas, and small patches of brushy paint are reminders that the hand of an artist is at work. The lively colors and syncopated rhythms owe a debt to Reinhardt’s close friend and mentor Stuart Davis.


Modern Masters: Midcentury Abstraction from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2008

Works by this artist (4 items)

Ernest Trova, "Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us self-control is disastrous."--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1963, oil and pencil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.292
“Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us self…
Artist
Date1963
oil and pencil on canvas
Not on view
Ernest Trova, Falling Man Manscape, from the portfolio Falling Man Manscapes, 1970, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1988.18.56
Falling Man Manscape, from the portfolio Falling Man…
Artist
Date1970
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Ernest Trova, FM/5' AWF #3, 1986, stainless steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Samuels Fine Art and museum purchase made possible by Mary W. Cure, 1990.17
FM/5′ AWF #3
Artist
Date1986
stainless steel
Not on view
Ernest Trova, Reclining Nude, 1957, casein latex on board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Samuels Fine Art and museum purchase made possible by Mary W. Cure, 1990.33
Reclining Nude
Artist
Date1957
casein latex on board
Not on view

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