Untitled
1988
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1988
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This sketch shows six fuzzy, shadowy faces floating in empty space. Each face is inside a rough rectangle, like a window or a frame. Thin lines connect the faces to small dots and boxes scattered around—some look like lightbulbs, others like labels. The whole thing is drawn on graph paper in pencil and ink, with a few yellow marks here and there. The faces aren’t clear—just smudges with hollow eyes. The artist might’ve been playing with ideas of memory or identity, using simple shapes and loose lines. The drawing feels more like a map or a diagram than a portrait. If you like this, check out cross-hatching—it’s a drawing technique that uses crisscrossed lines to create shading.