1986
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1986 ink by Anselm Kiefer, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This print shows a horse skeleton lying on its side, half-buried in rough, dark ground. Above it, a wooden plank stretches across the top, with the word "JASMIN" scratched into the grain. The edges of the paper are frayed, and the whole piece looks weathered, like it’s been handled a lot. The artist used a mix of carved wood and paint to create this eerie scene. The texture of the woodcut makes the horse’s bones look almost carved into the surface. If you like this style, look up woodcut to see how it’s made.
Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Peter Dreher and Horst Antes at the end of the 1960s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. The poems of Paul Celan…
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