Untitled

Untitled

Renzo Vespignani

1947

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows a long, rough wall covered in messy graffiti. The words "ARTE FASCISTA" and "FASCISMO" stand out in big, uneven letters. A lone figure walks away from the wall along a beach, tiny against the vast, empty sand. The wall looks like it’s been scratched and layered with ink, almost like a sketch gone wild. The artist used a lot of lines to build up the texture. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how artists create shading with lines.

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