Σπουδή για το Γράμμα Β (ΙΙΙ)
1962
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
1962
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
Σπουδή για το Γράμμα Β (ΙΙΙ) is a 1962 by Chryssa (Vardea-Mavromichali), held at Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus.
You see a drawing of the Greek letter beta, broken into sharp lines and shaded forms, like a puzzle piece made of metal and shadow. Chryssa made this in 1962, after moving from Greece to San Francisco and then New York. She became drawn to letters not as words, but as shapes found in cities — on signs, newspapers, and storefronts. Here, she zooms in on beta, treating it like a building or sculpture. She uses pencil marks to give it depth, making a flat symbol feel like it’s made of steel and light. This kind of close focus on marks and shading is part of a technique called cross-hatching, stippling.
