Question

An artist who exclusively used this color deployed tiny rakes for works entitled “Peinture.” Those works inspired by prehistoric art were created by that so-called “painter” of this color, Pierre Soulages (”soo-LAHWZH”). A work of this color described as a “desperate (-5[1])struggle to free art” was displayed at a show entitled “The Last Exhibition” and reused a 1913 opera motif. Square canvases of this color (-5[1])made up the final works by Ad Reinhardt. Another work entitled The (*) Marriage of Reason and Squalor was part of a set of paintings named after this color by Frank Stella. (10[1])Large ovals of this color make up the Elegy to the Spanish Republic series by Robert Motherwell. The “zero point of painting” consists of a white border and square of this color by Kazimir Malevich. For 10 points, name this color of a series of paintings by Francisco de Goya. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: black [accept Black Square]
<Felix Wang, Visual Fine Arts>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
John XiangBerkeley BBerkeley C40-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford64-5
Tim MorrisonStanfordBerkeley A9510
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley CBerkeley B14510

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%67%123.67
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%117.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%25%0%91.75
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%0%69.80
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%100%120.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%33%0%104.33
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%0%50%137.00
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%50%25%97.25
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%100%146.00