Untitled

Untitled

Robert Smithson

1965

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows two angled walls meeting at the top, drawn in light orange pencil. Below them, a grid of faint black lines divides the page into squares. Inside the shapes, there are small triangles and arrows labeled with letters and numbers, and a few green X marks. At the bottom, handwritten notes explain terms like "reflections" and "vanishing points." The drawing looks like a study for how light and space work in a room. The notes hint at rules for drawing three-dimensional shapes on a flat page. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists use lines to create depth.

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