Untitled
1926
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1926
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This sketch shows buildings cut into sharp angles and stacked oddly, like a puzzle. The lines are clean and precise, with some parts overlapping in a way that doesn’t match real life. Shadows fall in straight lines, and the whole scene looks like a mix of a city and a diagram. The artist used a technique where ink is pressed onto a smooth stone, then transferred to paper—this is called lithography. It gives the image a slightly rough, sketchy feel, even though the shapes are rigid. Look up lithography next to see how this printing method works.