Untitled

Untitled

Mary Bauermeister

1965

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image is a busy, mixed-up collage. You see circles with tiny drawings inside—some look like maps, others like faces or nature scenes. There are real stones stacked like towers, a hand holding a smooth black rock, and a wooden piece labeled "Tangfwood." Sketches of hands, bowls, and strange shapes fill the rest of the space. The colors are mostly gray, white, and brown, with a few pops of orange and yellow. The handwritten words and scattered objects make it feel like a sketchbook dumped onto paper. The artist seems to be playing with ideas about nature, tools, and maybe even maps. Next, check out lithography to see how this mix of prints and real objects was made.

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