Untitled

Untitled

Julie Mehretu

2006

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch is all loose, tangled lines and dark clusters. The marks look like wind-blown feathers or maybe a city map gone wild—lots of crisscrossing strokes in gray and black. Some areas are packed tight with scribbles, while others fade into thin, wispy lines. The artist used a mix of sharp, precise lines and fuzzy, smudged ones to create a sense of movement. It’s hard to tell what it’s *supposed* to be, but the chaos feels intentional. Next, check out etching to see how artists use acid and metal plates to make prints like this.

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