Untitled

Untitled

Jasper Johns

1956

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This is a black-and-white drawing with lots of crisscrossed lines. The lines are thick in some spots and fade out in others, making a rough, textured shape in the middle. The edges are simple, and the paper looks old. The artist used tiny, overlapping strokes to build up the dark areas. It’s all done by hand, with no clear picture—just shapes made from lines. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.

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