Untitled (1960)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (the USA).

Canvas, oil.

In the work, the artist used red-brown, black and blue colours that resemble the landscapes of North Dakota, where the artist spent his childhood. The horizontally oriented composition only enhances this feeling, revealing an infinitely wide horizon with randomly heaped rocks that almost cover the sky. Rough strokes of paint, applied using the impasto technique with a spatula, create the effect of a rough surface and three-dimensional image. Clyfford Still regulated the thickness of the colours himself, diluting the pigment with linseed oil and creating the consistency necessary for the work.