Untitled

Untitled

Jim Nutt

1998

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows a big, simple face with wavy hair and a calm expression. The background is filled with tiny triangles arranged in rows, like a pattern of leaves or tiles. The lines are light and sketchy, with some areas darker where the pencil pressed harder. The triangles at the bottom might look like a forest floor or a field of arrows. The artist used a simple pencil, but the shading creates depth in the face and the pattern. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.

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