Untitled
1939
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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1939
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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This image shows a woman sitting on the right, wrapped in a scarf, staring ahead. A boy lies on the ground to her left, looking down. Between them, a donkey stands with its head lowered. Behind them, a row of small, identical houses stretches into the distance under a cloudy sky. The artist used a mix of flat shapes and sharp shadows to create a strange, dreamlike space. The donkey’s chain leads nowhere, and the houses all look the same—like a place stuck in time. If this style intrigues you, look up lithography to see how it works.