1900
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1900 ink by Joseph Stella, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a person hunched over a small table, blowing into a pipe. Their face is turned slightly away, and the lines are rough and scratchy, like they were drawn fast. The background is filled with quick, slanted strokes that look almost like rain or wind. The artist used a method called etching, where they scratched into a metal plate to create the lines. The image feels urgent, like a quick moment caught on paper. Look up etching to see how artists like this made prints by carving into metal.
Joseph Stella was an Italian-born American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America, especially his images of the Brooklyn Bridge. He is also associated with the American Precisionist movement of the 1910s–1940s.
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