Untitled

Untitled

Raoul Dufy

1912

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print shows a nighttime scene with thick black lines on a light background. On the left, two figures sit under a tree, their shapes simple and blocky. The middle has a winding road with houses in the distance, and the sky above is full of stars and crescent moons. The right side is dense with tall, jagged trees. The artist used a technique where ink is pressed into carved wood, leaving sharp edges everywhere. The word "Lachaussée" is written at the bottom, but we don’t know what it means here. Look up woodcut to see how this printing method works.

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