1913
charcoal
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1913 charcoal by David Bomberg, depicting Dancing, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see dark, jagged shapes crowding the page—like crates or bodies packed tight. The lines are rough, almost violent, as if the artist dragged the charcoal fast. This is a study for *In the Hold*, Bomberg’s painting of dock workers. He broke the scene into sharp angles, as if the world itself is cracking. The wash (thin, watery ink) softens some edges, but the mood stays tense. Look up *cross-hatching* to see how other artists build depth with crisscrossed lines.
David Garshen Bomberg (5 December 1890 – 19 August 1957) was a British painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys.
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