All the paintings feature repeating bands or
stripes of a single color applied to canvases that start out rectangular and end up emphatically shaped, resembling big letters.
Not exact matches
The roof
of the Concept M4 is a highlight both because
of its exposed - weave CFRP appearance and for the Motorsport flag
colors that form a
single racing
stripe on the driver's side
of the roof.
Nevertheless, Stella has obliterated that form with this repetitive motion
of these
stripes, and this is quite a daring painting when we compare it to other works that he's exploring at this time, precisely because
of its monochromatic
color palette, this overwhelming impression that we get
of him working with a
single color, and trying to make a painting out
of that
single color.
Morris Louis» «Beta Kappa» (1961), maybe the
single best - known painting
of the Washington
Color School, hangs on the adjacent wall, a soggy series
of poured rainbow
stripes.
The Edge forgoes all
of this entirely, with only a
single, silver band near the screen and the remainder the
colored stripe.