Untitled
1944
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1944
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1944 ink by Max Beckmann, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows two people in a rough, inked style. One is kneeling, reaching up like they’re adjusting something in their hair. The other sits nearby, wrapped in a loose cloth, their feet bare. The lines are quick and uneven, almost like a hurried sketch. The artist used lots of crisscrossed lines to build up shadows and shapes—this is called *cross-hatching*. It gives the drawing a scratchy, urgent feel. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how other artists used this technique.
