Untitled
1979
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1979 ink by James Rosenquist, depicting stairs, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see jagged letters and numbers in bright red, yellow, and blue, some cut out and folded so they pop off the paper. Rosenquist started as a billboard painter, so he knew how to make words jump at you from a distance. Here, the letters feel like they’re tumbling down the page—no clear message, just noise. If you like how the paper seems to move, look up lithography.
