Untitled
1956
tempera
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1956
tempera
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1956 tempera by José Ygnacio Bermúdez, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting looks like torn paper stuck together with charcoal and paint. There’s a big black shape in the middle that looks like a mask or a face, but it’s just flat lines and shadows. Around it are rough, uneven edges in browns and whites, like someone crumpled and glued down scraps of paper. The artist mixed real materials—paper, pencil, even paint—to make it feel rough and uneven. It’s not smooth or polished; it looks like it was made by hand in a hurry. Look up tempera next to see how this paint was used.
José Ygnacio Bermúdez (1922–1988) was a Cuban artist, born in Havana.
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