The artwork entitled “Number 39,” created by the artist Morris Louis in 1962, belongs to the Color Field Painting movement. Executed using magna on canvas, it forms part of the “Stripe” series, and its dimensions are 200 x 36.8 cm. This particular piece is classified within the abstract genre.
The artwork features a series of vertical stripes arranged in varying widths and colors, extending the full height of the canvas. The colors employed include a sequence of vibrant hues: orange, green, yellow, blue, purple, and black. Each stripe is distinct yet harmoniously aligned, demonstrating Louis’s meticulous control over his medium and his penchant for creating compositions that resonate with rhythmic and chromatic complexity. The unadorned background enhances the prominence of the stripes, creating a simplified yet visually compelling composition typical of Color Field Painting.
