Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art: Untitled (Composition #104)

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Untitled (Composition #104)

Ad Reinhardt said of his flat, geometric abstract paintings: "The content is not in a subject matter or story but in the actual painting activity." Although Reinhardt was a contemporary of the Abstract Expressionists, his art differs greatly from that of Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning, whose works are composed of random, gestural brushstrokes. Rather, in paintings like Untitled (Composition #704), Reinhardt's control over his canvas is revealed in solid bricklike blocks of color. The work is strictly composed to deny depth and affirm symmetry.

Artist: Ad Reinhardt, American, 1913-1967
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1954-1960
Dimensions: 108 1/4 x 40 1/8 in. (275 x 101.9cm)
Signature: Unsigned
Collections: Contemporary Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Modern Life, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 67.59
Credit Line: Gift of the artist
Image: Overall, 67.59_reference_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph