Untitled

Untitled

Peter Howson

1992

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows a big, serious face in the center, surrounded by smaller drawings of other people and animals. The lines are loose and scratchy, like quick notes. Some of the smaller images look like they’re being pulled out of the main face—like thoughts or memories. The artist packed a lot into one piece, mixing different scenes without smoothing them out. It feels raw, almost like a sketchbook page that wasn’t meant to be finished. Try looking up etching to see how this technique works.

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