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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 in Nero Midnight - MILC81
Mildred Classic in Nero Midnight - MILC81
Mildred Classic in Nero Midnight - MILC81
Mildred Classic in Nero Midnight - MILC81
Mildred Classic in Nero Midnight - MILC81
Mildred Classic in Nero Midnight - MILC81
Mildred Classic in Nero Midnight - MILC81
Mildred Classic in Nero Midnight - MILC81
Mildred Classic in Nero Midnight - MILC81
Mildred Classic in Nero Midnight - MILC81

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

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 in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Classic in Nero Rosso - MILC2
Mildred Mules in Nero Rosso - MILM13
Mildred Mules in Nero Rosso - MILM13
Mildred Mules in Nero Rosso - MILM13
Mildred Mules in Nero Rosso - MILM13
Mildred Mules in Nero Rosso - MILM13
Mildred Mules in Nero Rosso - MILM13
Micol Junior in Bianco Grigio - MICJP10
Micol Junior in Bianco Grigio - MICJP10
Micol Junior in Bianco Grigio - MICJP10
Micol Junior in Bianco Grigio - MICJP10
Micol Junior in Bianco Grigio - MICJP10
Micol Junior in Bianco Grigio - MICJP10