1934
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1934 graphite by Peter Blume, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see two flowers—an iris and a pansy—drawn in pencil on plain paper. The lines are sharp, almost like they were carved instead of sketched. Blume made this in 1934, when most artists were painting big, bold scenes. Here, he zooms in on small things, making them feel important. The flowers look real, but the way he shades them gives them weight, like they’re standing under a spotlight. If you like how he builds depth with just pencil, look up cross-hatching.
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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