1984
charcoal
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1984 charcoal by James Rosenquist, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing looks like a messy, layered mountain range. Jagged lines and dark smudges pile up in gray and white, making it hard to tell where one shape ends and another begins. Some spots are almost erased, while others feel sharp and heavy. The artist used overlapping lines to build up the texture—like scratching into the paper again and again. It’s not a clear picture, but the way the marks repeat gives it a rough, uneven feel. If you like this style, look up cross-hatching next.
James Albert Rosenquist (November 29, 1933 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement.
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