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1949
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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1949
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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
You see a dark, tangled web of lines scratched into a zinc plate—no faces, no sky, just sharp, jagged marks that feel like a storm. Racz made this the same year he finished a series on Christ’s crucifixion, but here he stripped away the story. The lines are raw, almost violent, like he’s carving pain itself into metal. It’s quiet, but it doesn’t let you look away. If you like how this feels, try looking up *cross-hatching*—the way layers of lines build shadows and depth.
