Red Abstraction

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Artist Raúl Milián (Cuban, 1914 - 1984)

Title Red Abstraction

Date 1945-1949

Medium Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and and wash on paper

Dimensions Image: 21 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (55.2 × 37.8 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (55.2 × 37.8 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. Joseph Cantor, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 55.2

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Self-taught painter Raúl Milián employed an intensive process in which he applied paint to paper or cardboard and then removed it to leave only a stain, repeating this procedure several times to create a multi-layered texture. His dense, all-over compositions are distinguished by the intricate and calligraphic use of line.

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"Red Abstraction | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=55.2