Untitled
1966
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1966
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This painting is a big circle of light tan paper inside a white frame. The circle is filled with tiny, even squares made by faint pencil lines—like graph paper but softer. There’s no color, no image, just the pattern of the grid. The artist used coffee filters, which soak up paint but here just show the paper’s texture. The pencil lines are so light you might miss them up close. Look up Robert Ryman to see how he turned simple materials into art.
