Until recently Untitled I was believed to be one of two surviving abstract paintings by Munn, its companion piece being Untitled II. While restoring Untitled II in 2012–13, Michael O’Malley, painting conservator at the Centre de conservation du Québec, discovered that these two paintings originally formed a single canvas, which was cut apart, almost certainly by the artist, with a fragment now missing. 

It is unlikely that Munn exhibited this work. Along with Untitled II, the unframed canvas was found rolled up and stored among Munn’s many belongings inherited by her niece Kathleen (Kay) Richards.

This Spotlight is excerpted from Kathleen Munn: Life & Work by Georgiana Uhlyarik.