1989
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1989 ink by Jean Tinguely, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch looks like a tangled web of lines and shapes. There’s a rough outline of a building with two big circles—maybe windows or clocks—framed by crisscrossing lines. Some wavy marks shoot out like energy or smoke, and a small vase sits at the bottom, half-hidden by the chaos. The artist used a scratchy, almost frantic hand here, like they were drawing fast or thinking hard. The lines overlap so much it’s hard to tell what’s supposed to be what. If you like this messy, layered style, check out etching to see how artists scratch into metal to make prints.
Jean Tinguely was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century.
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