A key figure in the American Abstract Artists (AAA) group, Albert E. Gallatin traveled frequently to Paris in the 1920s. He visited the studios of leading artists such as Pablo Picasso and soon developed an extensive collection that he opened to the public as the Gallery of Living Art. Though he was more influential as a collector and facilitator for American artists and audiences than as a painter, he produced a sizeable body of work. This piece reflects his admiration for the flattened style associated with Cubists and the restraint of color exercised by other artists he admired, like Piet Mondrian.