Untitled
1968
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1968
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1968 graphite by Robert Barry, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing shows a grid of small squares filled with tiny pencil sketches. Each square has a simple figure—like a stick person—standing next to a blobby shape that looks like a plant or cloud. The lines are light and quick, almost like a rough plan. The artist wrote notes in the corner: *"Basic format for outside sculpture"* and *"Finding a grid and marking with wire or cord."* It’s a sketch for something real but not finished yet. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists use lines to build shapes.
Robert Barry (born March 9, 1936) is an American artist. Since 1967, Barry has produced non-material works of art, installations, and performance art using a variety of otherwise invisible media. In 1968, Robert Barry…
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