1957
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1957 ink by Hans Hartung, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is a wild mix of black, yellow, and green lines and scribbles. The strokes are thick in some spots, thin in others, and they all seem to swirl around a central cluster. The background is just a plain light color, so the marks stand out even more. The artist used a technique where ink is rolled onto a flat stone, then pressed onto paper—this is called lithography. It lets them make loose, energetic marks that don’t look controlled at all. Next, check out how lithography works to see why it creates this kind of messy, expressive effect.
Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the Legion d'honneur.
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