Untitled

Untitled

Frank Auerbach

1994

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch looks messy on purpose. Jagged lines and smudges fill the whole page—no clear shapes, just tangled marks in black and gray. The paper shows through in spots, making it look rough and uneven. The artist scribbled fast, like they were drawing while moving. The lines overlap and blur together, almost like a crowd of people seen from far away. Try looking up etching to see how artists use acid and metal plates to make prints like this.

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