Untitled

Untitled

André Masson

1955

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is a long, narrow strip of swirling lines and shapes. The colors are mostly dark green and deep purple, with some faint pink and white mixed in. The lines look messy but controlled, like ink splatters that someone carefully turned into patterns. The artist used a printing method that lets ink sit on a metal plate before pressing it onto paper. This makes the lines look slightly fuzzy around the edges. Next, look up etching to see how this technique works.

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