Untitled

Untitled

Jim Dine

1976

pastel

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows a naked child sitting on the floor, looking straight ahead with a blank face. The background is dark and smudged, like shadows. The child’s legs are bent, and one hand rests on a shiny metal ball near their feet. The artist used soft, smudged lines to make the skin look rough and uneven. The dark edges of the paper frame the image like a shadowy border. Next, look up pastel to see how this medium creates such soft, blended colors.

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