Untitled

Untitled

Louise Despont

2015

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This looks like a patchwork of old paper pages stitched together. The center shows a tall, skinny figure with a crown-like shape on its head, surrounded by swirling lines and tiny flowers. Around it, the edges have diamond shapes, some filled with more drawings, others left blank or with faint pencil marks. The colors are mostly soft browns, greens, and yellows, like old books and dried leaves. The artist took real ledger pages and drew right on them, keeping the grid lines and faded text visible. The figure in the middle looks like it’s made of tiny lines and dots, almost like a puzzle. Next, check out cross-hatching.

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