Untitled

Untitled

Mark Tobey

1967

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows a tangled mess of lines in gray and brown, with a few yellow-green streaks near the bottom. The marks look like scribbles or maybe roots, all packed together. The edges are neat, but the middle feels chaotic. The artist used a technique where ink is rubbed onto a smooth stone before pressing paper onto it. This lets them create lots of fine, repeated lines. Look up lithography to see how this process works.

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