Untitled

Untitled

Nathan Oliveira

1963

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This is a black-and-white drawing of a face floating inside a circle. The background is mostly dark, with thick, uneven lines around the edges. The face looks simple—just eyes, a nose, and a mouth—but the style feels loose and sketchy. The artist used a printing method called lithography, which lets them make multiple copies from one drawing. The signature at the bottom is small and faint, almost hidden. Check out lithography to see how this technique works.

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