Untitled

Untitled

Ralston Crawford

1952

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is all sharp yellow shapes on a black background. You see a diagonal stripe, a few scattered rectangles, and what looks like a table and chair. The lines are clean and angular, like a city street seen from above. The artist used a printing method called lithography, which lets them transfer images onto paper with ink. This piece is simple but feels dynamic because of how the shapes play off each other. Check out lithography to see how this technique works.

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