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Alma Thomas — Untitled
Alma Thomas

Untitled

1972

This abstract composition features a dynamic arrangement of small rectangular forms in varying shades of blue, lavender, white, yellow, pink, and green. The artist has employed a systematic approach to color application, layering translucent acrylic paint in deliberate rectangular marks across the canvas surface. The overall effect creates a rhythmic, shimmering quality that suggests movement and depth while maintaining a cohesive chromatic harmony. The work exemplifies the artist's signature technique of building complex visual experiences through the accumulation of individual geometric units of color.

Medium
acrylic on canvasboard
Overall

Notes

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

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Contemporary Day Auction

May 15, 2026

Estimate: $400,000$600,000

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Alma Thomas, Untitled, 1972

This abstract composition features a dynamic arrangement of small rectangular forms in varying shades of blue, lavender, white, yellow, pink, and green. The artist has employed a systematic approach to color application, layering translucent acrylic paint in deliberate rectangular marks across the canvas surface. The overall effect creates a rhythmic, shimmering quality that suggests movement and depth while maintaining a cohesive chromatic harmony. The work exemplifies the artist's signature technique of building complex visual experiences through the accumulation of individual geometric units of color.

Medium
acrylic on canvasboard
Dimensions
overall: 76.2 x 56.2 cm
Year
1972
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Color Study, Chromatic Harmony, Acrylic On Canvas, Palette Exploration, Transitional Abstraction, Layered Paint, Non Representational, Geometric Abstraction, Modernist Abstraction, Contemporary Art, Systematic Painting, Rectangular Forms, Color Field Painting, Abstract Composition, Visual Rhythm

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Collected by

Sarah Greenspan, Art Institute of Chicago