Untitled
1970
gouache
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1970
gouache
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This drawing shows a loft in New York City turned into a self-sufficient farm. You see tall wooden plant boxes lined up, some filled with greenery, others with red and purple blocks that look like animals or food. Below, there are sketches of a wooden crate labeled "DETAIL A" and a small box of soil marked "DETAIL B." Arrows connect plants to animals, then to a family, with notes about clean food and air. The text explains how vegetables like beans and corn grow in clean soil, feeding animals and people. The whole setup looks like a plan for a closed-loop system where nothing is wasted. Check out gouache to see how this paint lets artists mix colors like watercolors but stay flat like paint.