1936
ink
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1936 ink by Hans Bellmer, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing shows a strange, floating structure made of wires and shapes. At the top sits a small, spider-like figure with a crown of horns. Below it is a boxy platform holding a teapot and a scale, with gears and wires connecting everything. The whole scene is tangled in a web of lines that spread out from the bottom like a spider’s web. The artist used only ink on dark paper, so the lines stand out sharply. The spider-like figure has a mix of human and insect features, giving it an eerie look. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists use lines to create depth and texture.
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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