Untitled
1982
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1982
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1982 graphite by Giovanni Anselmo, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows a small, tilted rectangle of printed paper with a faint blue and white design inside. The edges of the paper are slightly crumpled, and it’s held up by a thin, angled wire. The rest of the image is just a plain white background. The artist used simple pencil lines to draw the wire, making it look light and delicate. The printed design inside the paper is blurry, almost like a ghostly shape. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with pencil lines.
Giovanni Anselmo (5 August 1934 – 18 December 2023) was an Italian artist who emerged after World War II within the art movement called Arte Povera.
See the richer artist page
