Untitled

Untitled

Lenore Tawney

1967

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows a page from a book covered in dense, overlapping lines of ink and colored pencil. The text underneath is barely visible through the heavy layer of marks. The colors are muted—mostly yellows, grays, and blacks—with some faint red and brown pencil strokes. The artist turned a printed page into a textured, almost chaotic surface, filling every inch with tiny lines. It looks like a mix of drawing and writing, where the words become part of the artwork. If you like this kind of layered, detailed work, check out Lenore Tawney.

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