1948
charcoal
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1948 charcoal by José Clemente Orozco, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a single hand gripping a long, curved object—maybe a stick or tool. The fingers are clenched tight, knuckles and veins standing out. The paper is plain, and the whole thing is drawn in dark, smudgy lines. The artist used quick, rough strokes, leaving some areas fuzzy while others are sharp. It feels like they were working fast, maybe sketching from memory. If you like this style, look up scumbling to see how artists build up texture with crayon or charcoal.
José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others.
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