Untitled

Untitled

John Salt

1972

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This close-up shows the front of an old car, painted in a faded greenish-blue. The hood has a strange, blurry image of a person lying down, like a ghostly shadow. The car’s grille is made of small square holes, and the headlights are round with a shiny chrome finish. The artist painted this as one of ten prints, not a big canvas. The ghostly figure on the hood stands out because it’s not part of the car’s real design. If you like this mix of cars and odd details, look up lithography to see how prints like this are made.

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