Depicting a lone figure executed with white
pigment on a black ground, «Coach» is a rare example of the artist's unique body print technique and is estimated to sell for $ 300,000 to $ 500,000.
The color contrasts are startling, as in «Yellow Half» (1963), a canvas nearly six feet square with a solid V of vibrant red bordered by lemon yellow and then a more subtle red, the whole set
on a stark
black ground; that is, the
ground forms two right triangles
on either side of the V. Characteristically, Mr. Noland later went back to these V's, as in «Songs: Indian Love Call» (1984), but this time with very painterly effects, crumpling the flat surfaces with broken strokes of thick
pigment.