Monochrome

Monochrome

Formal Concepts

A work of art rendered in only one color.

Featured Works

21

White #19

White #19

Glenn Ligon

1994

Abstract Painting

Abstract Painting

Ad Reinhardt

1963

Pace

Pace

Robert Ryman

1984

Friendship

Friendship

Agnes Martin

1963

Blue Monochrome

Blue Monochrome

Yves Klein

1961

Untitled

Untitled

Donald Judd

1967 (refabricated 1973-75)

Presence

Presence

Shirazeh Houshiary

2000

Bye and Bye (Nine Sad Etchings)

Bye and Bye (Nine Sad Etchings)

Trenton Doyle Hancock

2002

Untitled (First White Light Series)

Untitled (First White Light Series)

Mary Corse

1968

The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Introductory panel to Episode 2: The Street (Border Crossing)

The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, In...

Bernard Tschumi

1980

Sake Pitcher and Cups

Sake Pitcher and Cups

Makoto Komatsu

1992

Vase

Vase

Marguerite Wildenhain

1931

Storage Boxes with Lids

Storage Boxes with Lids

Gene Hurwitt

1966

Bowls

Bowls

Rosenthal Porzellan A.G., Selb, Germany

Unknown

Footed Vase

Footed Vase

Josef Hoffmann

c. 1915

Vase

Vase

Hans Coper

c. 1963

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, Exterior elevation

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Califo...

Mario Botta

1994

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketches of library tower

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Penns...

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Memorial to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs, project, New York (Manhattan), New York, Perspective

Memorial to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs, project, New ...

Louis I. Kahn

1968

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Laboratory: elevation of studies)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...

Louis I. Kahn

1962

Gymnasium-Bridge Project, New York, New York, Perspective

Gymnasium-Bridge Project, New York, New York, Perspective

Steven Holl

1977