1932
ink
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1932 ink by Pavel Tchelitchew, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a man in a tall white hat with a ruffled collar, standing stiffly. Behind him, a shadowy figure with a giant, rough hand looms over his shoulder. In the foreground, a bald head with a smooth dome looks up, almost like it’s peeking from under a table. The sketch uses quick, scratchy lines to show texture—notice how the hand looks almost like woven fabric. The faces are simple but expressive, with just a few strokes for eyes and mouth. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
Pavel Fyodorovich Tchelitchew ( Che-LIT-chev; Russian: Па́вел Фёдорович Чели́щев) (3 October 1898 – 31 July 1957) was a Russian-born surrealist painter, set designer and costume designer.
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