Untitled
1985
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1985
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1985 graphite by Robert Morris, depicting wind wave, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a big sheet of paper covered in smudgy gray fingerprints and handprints, like someone pressed their palms into charcoal and then dragged them across the page. Morris made this by rubbing his hands on the paper while blindfolded. He timed each mark—some quick, some slow—and wrote the instructions next to them. The work feels like a record of movement, not a picture. If you like how simple marks can feel alive, look up *sfumato*.
