Untitled

Untitled

Kiki Smith

1994

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows a reclining nude figure with one arm stretched out and the other tucked under their head. The body is simple and rounded, almost like a shadow. The background is a pale, rough paper with faint lines running through it. The artist used a mix of dark and light tones to shape the figure, leaving some areas almost blank. The lines around the body look like they were made by hand, with some rough edges. Look up etching to see how artists carve into metal plates to create prints like this.

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