1974
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1974 graphite by Carel Visser, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows five straight, black lines on a light background. The lines are thin and even, stacked vertically with small gaps between them. The paper looks plain, and the lines are simple—no shading or curves. The artist used pencil on eight separate sheets of paper, then likely taped them together. That’s why the edges look uneven. It’s not fancy, but the clean lines make it feel calm. If you like this, check out cross-hatching next—it’s a way artists use lines to build shadows.
Carel Nicolaas Visser (3 May 1928 – 1 March 2015) was a Dutch sculptor. He is considered an important representative of Dutch abstract-minimalist constructivism in sculpture.
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