Untitled

Untitled

Jacob Landau

1965

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print shows a chaotic crowd of people tangled together in dark, jagged lines. Some faces peek out, but most are blurred or hidden by overlapping shapes. The whole scene looks like it’s made of rough, uneven strokes—almost like scribbled shadows. The artist used a printing method where ink is pressed onto stone or metal, then transferred to paper. That’s why the lines feel sharp but uneven. Check out lithography to see how this technique works.

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