Untitled

Untitled

Grace Hartigan

1964

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print is all black and white, with thick, messy brushstrokes and scribbles. Shapes look like they’re fighting each other—some sharp angles, others blurry and smudged. The lines are uneven, like they were drawn fast or with a rough tool. There’s no clear picture of anything real, just a tangle of marks. The artist made this as one of seven prints, using a method where ink is pressed onto paper through a carved surface. The title is just *Untitled*, so there’s no story to guess at—just the marks themselves. Look up lithography to see how this printing technique works.

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