Untitled
1875
pastel
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1875
pastel
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1875 pastel by Elizabeth King Hawley, a Impressionism work, depicting Orb, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a soft, gray sphere floating against a pale background. The edges blur where the pastel smudges into the paper. This quiet drawing was made by a woman in the 1870s, when most art showed people or landscapes. Hawley chose a simple shape—no story, no faces. The pastel lets her build the sphere with gentle layers, like chalk dust settling. To see how pastel can feel almost like breathing, look up more works in pastel.
Elizabeth King Hawley (1833–1926) was an American artist.
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