Untitled

About this work

This drawing shows two tangled, shadowy shapes that look like hair or vines. One side is thick and dark, while the other side is lighter, almost see-through. The lines are all drawn in ink, packed tightly together to create the forms. The artist signed it in the corner with "L. Bourgeois" and the year 1953—though it was actually made two years earlier. The lines overlap in a way that makes the shapes feel both solid and ghostly. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.