Untitled
1949
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1949
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This print shows a dark, busy cityscape at night. Tall buildings crowd the left side, their windows glowing faintly. A bridge arches over water in the center, with a few faint lights below. The sky is thick with swirling lines, almost like smoke or rain. The artist used sharp, crisscrossing marks to build up the dark tones—it looks like they scratched into the metal plate before printing. This method is called drypoint. Check out etching to see how artists create texture this way.