Untitled
1944
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1944
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1944 ink by Alejandro Mario Yllanes, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows a group of four hooded figures pressed together. Their faces are shadowed, hands clasped or raised, as if in prayer or distress. The background is dark, making the figures stand out sharply. The artist used tiny lines to build up the shapes—this is called *cross-hatching*. It gives the faces a rough, almost textured look, like carving into wood. Check out how this technique works in engraving.
Alejandro Mario Yllanes (1913–1960) was an Aymara painter and printmaker from Bolivia. He disappeared from the public spotlight in 1946, after he was awarded, but did not claim, the Guggenheim Fellowship.
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