1973
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1973 graphite by Minnie Evans, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is packed with bright, swirling faces and shapes. Three heads sit in the center—one with big, round eyes and a bold headdress, another with a serious look and a necklace of yellow circles, and a third with a gentle expression and a flower crown. Around them, butterflies, plants, and strange masks float in wild colors: blues, pinks, greens, and purples. The lines are thick and sketchy, like they were drawn fast with crayons and ink. The faces don’t quite match real people—they’re more like dreamy mix-ups of features. The artist used lots of patterns and overlapping shapes to fill the space, almost like a busy collage. Check out Minnie Evans for more of her colorful, imaginative work.
Minnie Eva Evans was an African-American artist who worked in the United States from the 1940s to the 1980s.
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