1880
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1880 graphite by Georges Seurat, a Impressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing looks like a dark, blurry figure standing in a dimly lit space. The background is rough and grainy, almost like sandpaper. The person’s face and body are hard to make out—they’re just a shadowy shape against a lighter, uneven surface. The artist used a mix of dark and light marks to create depth, almost like scratching into the paper. This style was new at the time and felt raw compared to polished paintings. Try looking up Georges-Pierre Seurat to see how he later used dots of color to make light and shadow.
Georges Pierre Seurat (UK: SUR-ah, -ə, US: suu-RAH; French: ; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist.
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