Untitled
1949
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1949
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1949 ink by Gerhard Marcks, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This print shows a horse mid-gallop against a wavy, textured background. The horse is simple and bold—just black lines on white—while the ground below looks like tangled ropes or water. The whole scene is flat, with no shading or depth. The artist used a tool to carve the design into wood, then inked it to make the print. That’s how the lines got so sharp and clean. Try looking up woodcut to see how this technique works.
