Untitled
1933
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1933
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This sketch is all lines—no colors, no shapes you’d recognize. The paper is light, almost white, and the ink looks scratchy and uneven. Inside a loose rectangle, tangled curves and sharp angles overlap like a mess of wires or tangled roots. Some lines are thick, others fade away. The artist used tiny, repeated strokes to build up the darkest areas, making them look almost textured. It’s not a face or an object, just a jumble of marks that still feels like something. If you like this style, look up cross-hatching.