1918
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1918 ink by Oskar Kokoschka, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a person with a serious expression, their hands resting on their lap. The lines are loose and quick, almost like scribbles, with heavy shading around the face and hair. The paper is plain, and the whole drawing feels rough and unfinished. The artist used a technique where ink is applied to a flat stone and pressed onto paper, creating this sketch-like effect. It’s not polished—just raw and expressive. Try looking up lithography to see how this process works.
Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright and teacher, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expressionist movement.
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