Black Paintings
WHAT IS THERE TO SEE?
On a Painting by Ad Reinhardt
From MoMA Members Quarterly (Summer 1991).
Reinhardt in his studio. Courtesy the Ad Reinhardt Foundation.
Contributor
Yve-Alain BoisYVE-ALAIN BOIS is Professor of Art History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ.
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