2020
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 2020 ink by Martin Puryear, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This print shows a single white line on a dark blue background. The line starts as a tight coil at the bottom left, then stretches upward into a long, wavy shape before tapering off to the right. The background has faint horizontal lines that look like wood grain. The artist carved or etched the line into a flat surface, then printed it. That’s how the white line stands out so cleanly against the blue. Try looking up *lithography* to see how this kind of printmaking works.
Martin L. Puryear is an American artist known for his devotion to traditional craft. Working in a variety of media, but primarily wood, his reductive technique and meditative approach challenge the physical and poetic…
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