Untitled
1962
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1962
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This image shows a grid of tiny apostrophe marks—like little question marks—filling the page. In the middle, a faint heart shape is drawn in pencil, breaking the pattern. The rest of the marks are all the same size and angle, making a uniform gray field. The heart is the only thing that stands out. It’s drawn lightly, almost like an afterthought, but it changes how you see the whole thing. The rest of the page looks like it was printed, but the heart was added by hand. If you like this kind of mix of printed and hand-drawn work, look up Dieter Roth.
