1932
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1932 ink by Alfred Kubin, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketchy drawing shows three women in a dim, shadowy room. One woman stands near a window, her face half-lit, while the other two crouch or kneel in front of her, looking up. The lines are rough and scratchy, like quick pencil strokes. The artist used a technique that lets ink sit on a smooth stone before pressing paper onto it—this makes the marks look hand-drawn and uneven. The scene feels tense, like something’s about to happen. If you like this style, look up lithography to see how it works.
Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (10 April 1877 – 20 August 1959) was an Austrian artist, printmaker, illustrator, and writer of a single novel, The Other Side. Kubin is considered an important exponent of Symbolism and Expressionism.
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