Untitled
1989
watercolor
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1989
watercolor
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This drawing shows a pale blue, teardrop-shaped form with a hand reaching up from the bottom. The fingers are thin and slightly spread, while two small labels—one reading "ABALADA" and the other "DELE"—are stuck to the sides. The background is mostly empty white paper, with a few faint lines and words scrawled at the top and bottom edges. The hand looks like it’s stuck inside the shape, as if trapped or half-emerging. The words around the edges are in Portuguese, which might hint at something deeper, but the drawing itself stays simple and quiet. If you like this kind of minimal, symbolic work, look up José Leonilson next.
