Untitled

Untitled

Naoto Nakagawa

1967

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows a rough, textured background with three bright, simple shapes: a blue circle, a red-orange sphere, and a yellow-green sphere. The shapes float against a messy, pencil-filled space that looks like it’s been scratched or torn. One shape is half-hidden behind a jagged cutout, and the others sit alone in empty spots. The artist used tiny pencil dots to fill the background, making it look almost like fabric or paper. The bright colors stand out sharply against the gray. Try looking up stippling to see how this texture works.

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