1930
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1930 ink by Erich Heckel, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This black-and-white portrait shows a serious-looking man in a suit and tie. His face is drawn with bold, dark lines, and the background is fuzzy, like a sketchy room with a vase and a curtain. The edges of the paper look hand-cut, and the whole piece feels rough and quick. The artist used a printing method called lithography, where the image is drawn on a flat stone and pressed onto paper. This makes the lines look slightly uneven, almost like a sketch. If you like this style, look up lithography next.
Erich Heckel (31 July 1883 – 27 January 1970) was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group Die Brücke ("The Bridge") which existed 1905–1913.
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