Untitled
1935
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1935
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This painting looks like a messy mix of ink blobs and smears. On the right side, a faint face peeks out—just a shadowy outline with no clear features. The rest is a chaotic swirl of dark and light patches, like someone splattered ink and then dragged their fingers through it. The artist used a weird trick where ink is pressed onto paper and then pulled away, creating this random, dreamlike effect. It’s not a portrait or a landscape—just abstract shapes that might mean something if you stare long enough. Want to know more? Check out André Breton.