Untitled
1911
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1911
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1911 graphite by Robert Delaunay, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a tall tower with crisscrossed metal beams and a bridge below it. The buildings around it are drawn in sharp, angular lines, and the sky is made of quick, wavy strokes. The whole scene looks like it’s made of layers of ink, with some areas filled in darker than others. The tower and bridge are clearly the Eiffel Tower and Pont des Arts in Paris, but the artist didn’t draw them realistically. Instead, they used lots of overlapping lines to create shadows and texture. If you like this style, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
