Untitled

Untitled

Leonard Baskin

1957

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This black-and-white drawing shows two figures tangled together in a circle. Their bodies twist around each other, with no clear faces—just blurred shapes and lines. The background is plain, making the figures stand out against a dark circle. The artist used lots of thin, crisscrossed lines to build up shadows and shapes, giving it a rough, textured look. It’s not smooth like a painting—more like scratchy ink pressed into wood. Next, check out engraving to see how artists carve images into wood or metal.

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