Untitled

Untitled

Larry Rivers

1974

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print is a messy collage of faces, sketches, and random objects. A big head with sunglasses sits in the middle. Around it are small drawings of people, a plant in a pot, and a streetlamp with yellow lights. Some images are outlined in red or blue. The whole thing looks like a pile of notes stuck together. The artist used a mix of printmaking tricks—like stencils and flocking—to layer everything. It’s not neat, but that’s the point. Want to see how this kind of layered printing works? Check out lithography.

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