Untitled

Untitled

Liliana Porter

1967

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This is a single black square on a white background. No shapes, no details—just a flat, even dark color filling the whole space. The edges are clean, no brushstrokes or texture to break it up. The artist made this as one of ten prints in 1967, using ink on paper. It’s simple but forces you to notice how empty space can feel heavy. Look up etching to see how artists carve lines into metal to create prints like this.

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