Untitled
1932
oil
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1932
oil
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1932 oil by Louis Soutter, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows two figures tangled together in a chaotic mess of lines. The paper is brown and stained, with heavy black ink scratching across it. One figure is bent over, their arms wrapped around the other, who stands half-crouched, faces blurred into swirls. The background is just more scribbles—no clear shapes, just frenzied strokes. The artist used ink so thickly it looks like it might tear the paper. The lines don’t smooth out faces or bodies—they’re raw, almost like scribbles in a notebook. The paper’s back side even has oil paint smeared on it, like the artist kept working from both sides. Look up Louis Soutter to see more of his wild, sketchy style.
