Untitled
1976
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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1976
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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This drawing shows a simple, dark house tucked into a field of tangled lines. The lines are all over—some thick, some thin—creating a textured mess around the house. The whole thing is in black and white, with no color to distract. The house looks almost lost in the swirl of marks, like it’s barely holding its shape. The artist used lots of overlapping lines to fill the background, making it feel busy and uneven. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how this technique works.