1930
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1930 ink by George Ault, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing shows a city skyline with odd, blocky buildings. The shapes are sharp and flat, like stacked boxes. The sky has fluffy clouds, but they’re drawn in the same stiff lines. Below, a body of water sits calm, with a boat and a few trees on the shore. The artist used a printing method that lets ink sit on a smooth stone. That’s why the lines look so clean and even. The city looks empty, almost like a dream. Check out how this artist used lithography to make the whole scene.
George Copeland Ault was an American painter. He was loosely grouped with the Precisionist movement and, though influenced by Cubism and Surrealism, his most lasting work is of a realist nature.
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