Untitled

Untitled

Lygia Pape

1960

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This is a black-and-white image of a wood surface with deep grooves. The lines run in waves and crisscrosses, creating shadows and texture. In the center, there’s a small, dark hole where the wood looks worn. The artist used a simple tool to carve these lines into the wood, then printed the pattern. It’s just shapes and shadows—no people, no landscape, just the wood itself. Look up woodcut next to see how artists make prints like this.

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