Untitled

Untitled

Antoni Tàpies

1987

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This piece looks like a quick, rough sketch. You see dark, uneven lines and smudges on a light background. One blobby shape sits in the middle, with jagged lines branching out like arms or cracks. The artist used a printmaking method that lets ink bleed and scratch into the surface. That’s why it looks so raw and unfinished. Next, check out etching to see how artists create these kinds of marks.

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