Untitled

Untitled

Kara Walker

2018

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows two faces side by side. The one on the left is a dark, rounded face with a big smile, drawn in thick, smudgy ink. The other face is lighter, almost ghostly, with a soft outline and a faint, blurry expression. The background is mostly blank paper, with some loose brushstrokes around the edges. The artist used a simple but striking technique—ink and paper—to create strong contrasts. The faces look like they were drawn quickly, almost like a sketchbook doodle turned into art. Want to know more about how this print was made? Look up lithography.

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