Untitled

Untitled

Antoni Tàpies

1973

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is mostly dark gray with rough, uneven textures. There’s a cluster of red and brown shapes near the center that look like tangled branches or cracks. Thin white lines crisscross the surface, some curved, others straight, as if scratched into the paint. The mix of colors and textures makes it feel raw and uneven—like the surface itself is alive. The artist used a printing method that lets paint sit thickly in some spots and barely at all in others. Next, check out how this was made with lithography.

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