Untitled

Untitled

Peter Grippe

1945

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print is all sharp black lines on a light background. You see lots of overlapping shapes—some look like faces, others like tangled arms or swirling patterns. The lines crisscross everywhere, making it hard to tell where one thing ends and another begins. The artist used tiny parallel lines to build up dark areas, almost like scribbling but controlled. It’s not a clear picture of anything—just shapes and movement. Want to see how this technique works? Look up engraving.

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