Red And Blue Composition by Ad Reinhardt (1941)

Two rectangles, one red, one blue, float on a pale ground. This is Ad Reinhardt’s *Red And Blue Composition*, 1941. The red is brick-dust matte, the blue a deep cobalt that bleeds slightly at the edges. A thin white border separates them from the off-white field, yet they never touch. No brushwork is visible; the shapes feel cut from construction paper and pinned to the wall. Hang it above a low credenza in a sunlit hallway, where the rectangles can breathe without competition.