Untitled
1977
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1977
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This is a close-up portrait of a man with thick glasses and a mustache. His face fills most of the image, framed by a grid of tiny squares. The photo looks like it’s been cut out and glued onto a yellowish paper with a ruler and handwritten notes around it. The grid overlay makes the face look like it’s made of pixels—almost like an early digital image. The artist used ink and pens to add details over the photo. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build up shapes with lines.
