Untitled

Untitled

Jacques Villon

1950

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows a messy, ink-filled room with a bed, a chair, and a table. The lines are all tangled up—some thick, some thin—like someone scribbled fast without stopping. Light colors peek through the dark ink, making the shapes look fuzzy. The artist used a lot of tiny, crisscrossed lines to fill in the space, which makes the whole thing look busy. It’s like the room itself is breathing through all the marks. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how this technique works in other art.

More by Jacques Villon

Artifact World Gallery — 100,000 artworks Get the app