Untitled

Untitled

Ilka Gedő

1946

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows a person sitting sideways, their back turned. The lines are rough and busy, especially on their clothes and hair, where tiny strokes build up dark shapes. The background is just a few quick marks—no real details, just a sense of a room. The artist used lots of tiny parallel lines to make shadows and texture, almost like a woven pattern. It looks like they were working fast, with pencil only. Try looking up *cross-hatching* to see how this technique works.

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