Untitled
2014
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
2014
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 2014 ink by Jasper Johns, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This print shows a strange, shadowy scene in black and white. On the left, there’s a rough sketch of a hand holding a flower, but it looks half-finished. In the middle, a large black shape blocks the view—it’s like a mask or a void. On the right, a group of people stands in a dim room, their faces and bodies drawn in jagged lines. The artist left their signature in the corner, and the whole thing feels like layers of sketches glued together. The texture looks uneven, almost like scratching or scraping into the surface. Look up aquatint next to see how this printmaking technique works.
