Untitled (Dayton's Gallery 12)

Ed Moses

1972

Color lithograph and hand-applied masking tape collage on cream paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Issued in a variable edition of 20, this lithograph is part of a large group of abstract works Moses produced during the 1970s that feature layered diagonal grids of parallel and intersecting bands of color along with strips of collaged masking tape designed to enliven the surfaces and materiality of these abstractions. Working intuitively, Moses balances gesture and precision to create a geometric abstraction that is at once familiar and challenging in its pictorial complexity. His explorations of the woven pattern reflects his penchant for using “pre-designed” elements in his work, exploring pictorial ideas incrementally and seque