Untitled
1973
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1973
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1973 ink by Renato Guttuso, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a tangle of black lines and smudged gray shapes—like a face breaking apart or a crowd melting together. This print is one of thirty-one Guttuso made to honor Picasso after his death. The rough, sketchy marks feel urgent, almost like a quick drawing on paper. But it’s actually an etching with aquatint, a printmaking method that uses acid to bite lines into metal. To see how other artists used etching, look up *lithography*.
