Untitled; verso: blank page 1964

Curator: My first impression is a kind of buoyant lightness; the pink seems to float off the page. Editor: This is an "Untitled" work by Paul Feeley, created with watercolor and graphite on paper. Feeley, born in 1910, was a key figure in the Color Field movement, emphasizing simplified forms and intense hues. Curator: Color Field, yes, but the symmetry also feels so classical, almost architectural in its arrangement. And the pink itself, what does it signify? The blush of youth? Editor: Pink certainly carries connotations of femininity and delicacy, but Feeley often subverted those expectations, playing with geometric abstraction in ways that challenged gendered readings. He was interested in how shapes could evoke emotion and memory. Curator: Indeed. Thinking of this in the context of the Harvard Art Museums gives it another layer. The piece becomes an object of study itself, waiting for an interpretation. Editor: Exactly, it reminds us that even seemingly simple forms can hold complex cultural significance.