Untitled

Untitled

Omar Rayo

1963

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows a faint, ghostly figure standing against a plain white background. The lines are barely there—just a few thin, sketchy marks that hint at a person’s shape. The whole thing looks like it was drawn with something light, almost erased. The weird part? There’s no ink at all. The artist used a technique where they pressed into the paper without adding color, leaving just the texture behind. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shapes with lines.

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