1959
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1959 ink by Marcel Duchamp, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows a black silhouette of a face in profile. The background is a flat, dark gray. Inside the outline, there’s a solid light-blue shape filling the head. The artist used simple shapes and bold colors to make it look almost like a cutout. The face is just a line against the blue, with no details. Look up *chiaroscuro* next to see how artists use light and shadow for drama.
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (UK: , US: ; French: ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the United States…
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