Untitled

Untitled

Gustav Klutsis

1921

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows sharp black shapes stacked in a circle. Some look like boxes or planes, all at odd angles. The background is a light tan paper with faint pencil lines. The shapes are solid black or filled with tiny dots, and they overlap in a way that feels unstable. The artist used a printing method that lets ink sit on a flat stone instead of brushes. This makes the lines look crisp and the shapes pop. Check out lithography to see how this technique works.

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