Untitled
1957
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1957
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This painting is mostly pale yellow with two big, rough shapes cut into it. The shapes look like windows or slashes, exposing the lighter canvas underneath. Inside them, there’s faint pencil and ink drawing—tiny lines and dots scattered around, almost like a sketch half-erased. The artist made these cuts by hand, then added the ink and pencil marks inside. It’s not a picture of anything real—just the marks and the empty spaces. Want to see more like this? Check out Lucio Fontana.