Untitled Abstract by James Edward Scherbarth

Torn strips of green, yellow and red paper stack into a shape like a crooked letter F.

This untitled abstract is mixed media on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2017 and signed and dated 12-29-2017 on the verso. Collage often borrows the structure of architecture or lettering, using strips and planks of paper as beams. A long horizontal strip of olive paper striped with fine dark lines runs across the top, its lower edge torn. A second piece in yellow, orange and dark blue slants down from the right. Thin graphite lines and small paper fragments connect the two, with a gray striped patch near the top. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

A building of sorts, with no permit required.