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CREATIVE MUSINGS: ON COLOR BLOCKING

Color Field painters eschewed any indication of figuration in order to maximize the expressivity of color by using it in large fields that could engulf the observer when viewed closely.

Colored Paper Image XXII (Blue Green Yellow Orange Red)
Ellsworth Kelly, 1976–77

Canto IX
Barnett Newman, 1963–4

Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Mildred Classic Nero Midnight Blue
Egg Pumps Nero Midnight
Egg Pumps Nero Midnight
Egg Pumps Nero Midnight
Egg Pumps Nero Midnight
Egg Pumps Nero Midnight
Egg Pumps Nero Midnight
Egg Pumps Nero Midnight
Egg Pumps Nero Midnight
Ottagono Pumps Nero Midnight
Ottagono Pumps Nero Midnight
Ottagono Pumps Nero Midnight
Ottagono Pumps Nero Midnight
Ottagono Pumps Nero Midnight
Ottagono Pumps Nero Midnight
Ottagono Pumps Nero Midnight
Ottagono Pumps Nero Midnight
Egg Boots Nero Midnight
Egg Boots Nero Midnight
Egg Boots Nero Midnight
Egg Boots Nero Midnight
Egg Boots Nero Midnight
Egg Boots Nero Midnight
Egg Boots Nero Midnight
Egg Boots Nero Midnight

Green with Red (Vert avec rouge) from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs
Ellsworth Kelly, 1964–65

Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ciliegio Ortica
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Mildred Classic Ortica Zenzero
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ortica Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo
Egg Pumps Ciliegio Flamingo

Green with Red (Vert avec rouge) from Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs
Ellsworth Kelly, 1964–65

Active Object (Red/White Cube)
Willys de Castro, 1962

Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Classic Nero Rosso
Mildred Mules Nero Rosso
Mildred Mules Nero Rosso
Mildred Mules Nero Rosso
Mildred Mules Nero Rosso
Mildred Mules Nero Rosso
Mildred Mules Nero Rosso
Micol Junior Bianco Grigio
Micol Junior Bianco Grigio
Micol Junior Bianco Grigio
Micol Junior Bianco Grigio
Micol Junior Bianco Grigio
Micol Junior Bianco Grigio