Untitled
1940
charcoal
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1940
charcoal
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This drawing shows a person sitting on a chair. Their body is made of sharp, crisscrossed lines and blocks. The background looks like a rough wall with a window frame. The whole thing is in black and white, with lots of shading. The artist used thick, overlapping lines to build up shapes. It’s like the drawing was scratched into the paper. The chair and body don’t look real—they’re more like puzzle pieces. Look up cross-hatching next to see how this works.