1932
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1932 graphite by Peter Blume, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing shows two giant harps leaning against each other like strange towers. One harp is light gray with smooth curves, and the other is dark and striped. On top of the dark harp, a small cherub is perched, holding a tiny harp of its own. The background is plain, but the harps look heavy and almost alive, with strings and levers drawn in careful detail. The artist used pencil shading to make the harps look solid and real, even though they’re not. The cherub adds a touch of whimsy to the otherwise serious, geometric shapes. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
Peter Blume was an American painter and sculptor. His work contained elements of folk art, Precisionism, Parisian Purism, Cubism, and Surrealism.
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