Untitled

Untitled

Mel Bochner

1976

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows two rough, five-sided shapes touching at a corner. They’re made of tight, fuzzy pencil lines, all the same grayish-brown. The background is just plain paper—no color, no extra marks. The artist signed it in the corner: *"For Ruth – M. Bochner 1976."* That date tells us it’s from the 1970s, when artists often stripped things down to basics. If you like this kind of simple, precise drawing, look up cross-hatching next.

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