1927
charcoal
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1927 charcoal by Helen Torr, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing shows sharp angles and dark shapes. A big white form leans like a wall, but it’s not straight. A small window sits in the middle, and a dark line cuts across the bottom—maybe a table or floor. The rest is just black and gray, no details. The artist used charcoal to make rough, uneven lines. It looks like they smudged some areas while leaving others crisp. Next, look up scumbling to see how artists create texture like this.
Helen S. "Reds" Torr (1886–1967) was an American early Modernist painter nicknamed "Reds" for her hair color. Torr worked alongside her artist husband Arthur Dove and friend Georgia O'Keeffe to develop a…
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