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Untitled

Cildo Meireles

1992

graphite

paper

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

Contemporary

Dominant colour

Untitled is a 1992 graphite by Cildo Meireles, held at Museum of Modern Art.

Who painted this?: Cildo Meireles
When & what style?: 1992
Where can I see it?: Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows a flat, slanted plane filled with small, rounded shapes scattered unevenly. Some shapes are bigger, some smaller, all drawn in faint pencil and ink. The background is plain, almost like a window or sheet of glass. The titles in red pencil—*"Old Brave New Worlds"* and *"Glove-Trotter"*—hint at ideas the artist might be playing with, but the drawing itself stays simple. The paper looks see-through, like it’s meant to be lit from behind. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with just lines.