Untitled
1961
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1961
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1961 ink by Hans Haacke, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This image shows a tall, narrow rectangle filled with tiny, repeating marks. The marks are all the same dark color, packed closely together like a dense pattern. The background is plain white, with just a small signature in the bottom corners. The marks look like they were made by scratching into a metal plate, then pressing it onto paper. This method is called *intaglio*—specifically, it might be *drypoint*. Try looking up drypoint to see how artists create textures like this.
Hans Haacke is a German-born artist who lives and works in New York City. Haacke is considered a "leading exponent" of institutional critique, and is considered to be the most harsh and consistent critic of museums…
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