1915
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1915 watercolor by Jacques Lipchitz, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing shows a tall, skinny figure made of sharp angles and flat colors. The body is split into yellow and orange blocks, with a black dot for an eye and a wavy line for hair. The arms and legs are simple shapes—some solid black, some dotted or striped. The head tilts slightly, and the whole figure stands on a squiggly base. The artist used crayon, charcoal, and watercolor to keep it loose and sketchy. The colors pop against the plain background, making the shapes stand out. Next, check out The Museum of Modern Art to see more works like this.
Jacques Lipchitz was a Lithuanian-born French-American Cubist sculptor. Lipchitz retained highly figurative and legible components in his work leading up to 1915–16, after which naturalist and descriptive elements were…
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