Untitled
1935
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1935
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1935 graphite by John Graham, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows two loose, scribbled figures on brown paper. One looks like a person lying down, with exaggerated limbs and a shell-like shape on their back. Nearby, a small, tangled cube sits with lines shooting out like fire or smoke. The lines are drawn in quick, uneven strokes—some blue, some black—like they were sketched fast. The shell on the back of the figure might be a nod to how artists sometimes mix real objects with bodies. The sketchbook’s spiral binding is visible, too, which makes it feel like a private note rather than a finished drawing. If you like this rough, fast style, check out cross-hatching next.
John D. Graham (8 January 1887 , Kyiv, Ukraine – June 27, 1961, London, England) was a Ukrainian–born American modernist and figurative painter, art collector, and a mentor of modernist artists in New York City. Born…
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