Untitled

Untitled

Barry Le Va

1994

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows black dots and lines on a light background. Some dots are big, some small, clustered loosely in the center. To the right, thick black lines form a rough square with smaller dots inside. The paper looks old, with faint brown stains at the edges. The artist used only dots and lines—no shading or color—to build the shapes. The dots vary in size, making some areas look heavier than others. Try looking up stippling to see how other artists used dots to create images.

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