Untitled

Untitled

Frederick O'Hara

1962

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print shows a dark, swirling scene with bold shapes and rough edges. The colors are mostly deep blues and browns, with a few pale green and white spots. It looks like a stormy sky with jagged clouds and a big, tangled mass in the middle—maybe water or waves. The texture is uneven, almost like the ink was pressed hard in some spots and lightly in others. This is because it’s a lithograph, a printmaking method where artists draw on stone or metal. Check out the technique: lithography to see how this process works.

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