Untitled

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This abstract watercolor shows patches of yellow, white, and dark gray overlaid with thick black lines that appear like shadows on the blocks of color.

Artist Carl Heidenreich (German/American, 1901–1965)

Title Untitled

Series Mexico Series

Date 1962

Medium Watercolor, gouache, and and mixed media on paper

Dimensions Image: 35 3/4 × 22 1/8 in. (90.8 × 56.2 cm)
Sheet: 35 3/4 × 22 1/8 in. (90.8 × 56.2 cm)
Framed: 41 1/8 × 26 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (104.5 × 67.9 × 3.8 cm)

Credit Line Gift of the Carl Heidenreich Foundation, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2022.6

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The watercolor medium was well-suited to Carl Heidenreich’s interest in conveying the effects of light even within abstract compositions. “My subject matter is light,” he wrote, “light in all its functions and power. The movements of light are transformed into the shapes and forms of the finished composition.” A trip to Mexico in the late 1950s inspired a series of compositions in which a warm, earth-toned palette expresses the semi-tropical environment. The structured, almost geometric, composition also evokes the ancient ruins Heidenreich encountered there.

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Gift to the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University from the Carl Heidenreich Foundation, Berkeley, CA

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Series Title Mexico Series

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"Untitled | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2022.6