Untitled

Untitled

Dimitri Hadzi

1961

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows six strange, skinny figures with mushroom heads. They’re all lined up in a row, some standing straight, some leaning. The shapes are simple but look twisted, like they’re made of blocks. The lines are dark and sharp against a light background. The artist used a tool to carve into the metal plate, then inked it to make the lines. That’s called engraving. The figures don’t look real—they’re more like shapes that could be from a dream. Try looking up engraving to see how this technique works.

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