Untitled

Untitled

John Cage

1958

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows black ink and pencil marks on light paper. The lines look like musical notes and strange scribbles—some jagged, some dotted, some forming arcs. There’s no clear picture of anything real, just abstract shapes and symbols in the top-right corner. The messy, uneven lines might be a way to break rules, not follow them. It’s like a puzzle without instructions. Check out cross-hatching next to see how artists use layers of lines to create shadows.

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