Untitled

Untitled

Renzo Vespignani

1958

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This black-and-white print shows a crashed car on its side, its front smashed in. On the ground nearby lies a person’s body, face down, with a dark stain spreading around them. The scene looks like a street at night, with faint lines marking the road and a faint glow in the background. The artist used a rough, textured style that makes the scene feel urgent and raw. The print looks like it was made by scratching into a metal plate, then adding watery ink. Check out the technique called *aquatint* to see how artists create soft shadows like this.

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