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Untitled

Alice Aycock

1977

graphite

paper

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

Contemporary

Dominant colour

Untitled is a 1977 graphite by Alice Aycock, held at Museum of Modern Art.

Who painted this?: Alice Aycock
When & what style?: 1977
Where can I see it?: Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch is a messy circle covered in tiny lines and numbers. It looks like a floor plan or a puzzle. The artist wrote notes like "Hair Segment" and "Barrier Boundary" in the margins. Lines crisscross everywhere, some curved, some straight. This is a study for a round sculpture. The artist used graph paper and pencil to plan it out. The notes show how she thought about shapes and sizes. Check out Alice Aycock to see more of her weird, mathy art.