Untitled

Untitled

Giuseppe Penone

1997

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows black ink on white paper, pressed onto canvas. It’s mostly lines—some thick, some thin, some curved, some straight. The paper looks crumpled before it was flattened. Penone often uses simple marks to show how things grow. Here the lines might remind you of tree roots or veins. The work feels fragile, like something you could touch. Look up Giuseppe Penone next.

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