1942
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1942 ink by César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This image shows a simple but tangled mix of shapes. There’s a big dark oval in the middle, surrounded by rough, textured patches that look like crumpled paper. Thin black lines twist around and cut through the shapes, making them feel unstable. The edges of the whole piece are framed by a clean blue border. The rough patches might be meant to look like fabric or paper, but nothing here is real—it’s all abstract. The artist used only black ink and one light background color, keeping it stark. If you like this kind of bold, simple abstraction, look up lithography next to see how it’s made.
César Domela (15 January 1900 – 30 December 1992) was a Dutch sculptor, painter, photographer, and typographer, and a key member of the De Stijl movement.
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