Untitled

Untitled

Mark Tobey

1944

tempera

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting looks like a tangled web of gray lines and shapes. The colors are mostly muted grays and whites, with some faint black marks scattered across. The edges of the canvas are rough, almost like frayed fabric. The lines don’t form anything clear—they’re more like a maze or a storm. The artist used thin, quick strokes to cover the whole surface. If you’re curious about how this was made, look up tempera.

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