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Untitled

Elie Nadelman

1908

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

Early Modern

Dominant colour

Untitled is a 1908 graphite by Elie Nadelman, held at Museum of Modern Art.

Who painted this?: Elie Nadelman
When & what style?: 1908
Where can I see it?: Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows two faces stacked on top of each other, drawn in thick, tangled lines. The top face has a big hat with a brim, while the bottom face wears glasses. Both faces are outlined with heavy, crisscrossed pencil strokes that fill in the shapes. The artist used a lot of overlapping lines to create shadows and texture—this is called *cross-hatching*. It gives the drawing a rough, almost 3D feel. Check out how *cross-hatching* works in other drawings next.