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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 e Blu Notte
Mildred Classic Nero e Blu Notte
Mildred Classic Nero e Blu Notte
Mildred Classic Nero e Blu Notte
Mildred Classic Nero e Blu Notte
Mildred Classic Nero e Blu Notte
Mildred Classic Nero e Blu Notte
Mildred Classic Nero e Blu Notte
Mildred Classic Nero e Blu Notte
Mildred Classic Nero e Blu Notte
Ottagono Pumps Ciliegio
Ottagono Pumps Ciliegio
Ottagono Pumps Ciliegio
Ottagono Pumps Ciliegio
Ottagono Pumps Ciliegio
Ottagono Pumps Ciliegio
Ottagono Pumps Ciliegio
Ottagono Pumps Ciliegio

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 Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Mildred Classica in Nero e Rosso
Sabot Mildred in Nero e Rosso
Sabot Mildred in Nero e Rosso
Sabot Mildred in Nero e Rosso
Sabot Mildred in Nero e Rosso
Sabot Mildred in Nero e Rosso
Sabot Mildred in Nero e Rosso
Micol Junior in Bianco e Grigio
Micol Junior in Bianco e Grigio
Micol Junior in Bianco e Grigio
Micol Junior in Bianco e Grigio
Micol Junior in Bianco e Grigio
Micol Junior in Bianco e Grigio