White Line #2 by Adolph Gottlieb (1968)

A single white line bisects the canvas. This is White Line #2, Adolph Gottlieb’s 1968 meditation on division and space. Two ochre rectangles sit above and below, their edges softened by a halo of raw umber. The line itself is uneven, almost hand-drawn, interrupting the quiet symmetry. A small black oval punctuates the lower right, grounding the composition like a period at the end of a sentence. Hang it where light shifts across the wall—above a console in the hallway, or between two windows in the living room.