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Alma Thomas — Untitled
Alma Thomas

Untitled

1970

This abstract composition features a dynamic field of gestural marks executed in contrasting red and white pigments against a deep blue ground. The artist has employed a rhythmic, all over approach to the canvas surface, creating a sense of visual movement and energy through the repetition of angular, lightning like forms. The work exemplifies the colorfield and gestural abstraction movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s, inviting the viewer to experience pure color relationships and mark making as subjects in themselves.

Medium
acrylic and watercolor on paper
Overall

Notes

Contemporary Day Auction, Sotheby's, sale on 2026-05-15.

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Contemporary Day Auction

May 15, 2026

Estimate: $150,000$200,000

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Alma Thomas, Untitled, 1970

This abstract composition features a dynamic field of gestural marks executed in contrasting red and white pigments against a deep blue ground. The artist has employed a rhythmic, all over approach to the canvas surface, creating a sense of visual movement and energy through the repetition of angular, lightning like forms. The work exemplifies the colorfield and gestural abstraction movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s, inviting the viewer to experience pure color relationships and mark making as subjects in themselves.

Medium
acrylic and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.5 x 40 cm
Year
1970
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Dynamic Composition, Acrylic On Canvas, Contemporary Abstraction, Pattern And Rhythm, Color Relationships, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, 1970s American Art, Non Objective Art, Color Field Painting

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Collected by

Sarah Greenspan, Art Institute of Chicago