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Untitled

Morita Yasuji

1953

ink

paper

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

Contemporary Writing

Dominant colour

Untitled is a 1953 ink by Morita Yasuji, depicting Writing, held at Museum of Modern Art.

Who painted this?: Morita Yasuji
When & what style?: 1953
Where can I see it?: Museum of Modern Art

About this work

You see a tall sheet of paper covered in quick, dark ink lines—some thick, some thin, all tangled like wind-blown grass. Morita Yasuji made this in minutes, not days. The brush never left the paper; every stroke is part of the same breath. It feels like watching someone think out loud. If you like the way ink can move fast, look up cross-hatching next.