1973
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1973 ink by Hans Bellmer, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows two strange, twisted figures tangled together. One has a raised arm, the other looks like it’s melting into the shape. The lines are loose and wobbly, like they were drawn fast. Below them sits a small bowl with something inside—maybe a ball or a rock. The artist used a mix of scratching and layering to build up the image, almost like a quick, messy draft. The paper has light marks all around, as if the pencil or tool kept slipping. Next, check out lithography to see how artists use flat stones to print these kinds of sketches.
Hans Bellmer (13 March 1902 – 24 February 1975) was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s.
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