Untitled

Untitled

Pierre Soulages

1957

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print is all black and white. Thick, uneven shapes fill the page—some look like stacked blocks, others like slashes. A few small gray patches peek through here and there. The edges are rough, like brushstrokes or ink bleeds. One corner has a tiny signature. The artist made this using a printmaking method where ink is pressed onto stone or metal. The result feels raw and uneven, not polished. Try looking up lithography next to see how it works.

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