Untitled

Untitled

Günther Uecker

1974

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows a tall, narrow shape made of hundreds of thin, sharp nails. They’re arranged in a rough triangle, pointing outward like a spiky cloud. The nails are all one color—grayish—and cast shadows that make the shape look three-dimensional. The artist used a printing method where the nails were pressed into a surface to create the lines. It’s not a picture of a building, but it looks like one with all those vertical lines. Look up lithography to see how this kind of printmaking works.

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