Untitled
1975
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1975
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1975 ink by Jackie Ferrara, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing shows two precise, geometric shapes on graph paper. On the left is a simple pyramid with measurements listed beside it. The right side has a series of nested rectangles, like steps or a staircase, with lines crisscrossing inside. The paper is covered in tiny grid squares, and the artist wrote notes like "scale" and "1/8 masonite" in the corners. The lines are all drawn in ink, clean and sharp, with no shading or color. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists build up detail with lines.
