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Untitled, by Beatrice Riese, ink, 1997

Untitled

Beatrice Riese

1997

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

Dominant colour

Overview

Untitled is a 1997 ink by Beatrice Riese, held at Museum of Modern Art.

Who painted this?
Beatrice Riese
When & what style?
1997
Where can I see it?
Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows a wall of tiny, repeating letters jammed together. The letters are all the same brownish color, packed so tightly they blur into a dense, noisy block. The edges are uneven, like the letters were stamped or scribbled in haste. The letters don’t spell anything clear—they’re just a chaotic mass. The whole thing looks like a close-up of a typewriter page exploded into chaos. If you like this, look up lithography next to see how artists print these kinds of images.

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