Untitled

Untitled

Shigeru Izumi

1961

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print is a tangled mess of black lines on a white background. The lines look like roots or wires, all jumbled together. Near the middle, a bright orange line cuts across, with a thin yellow one below it. The edges of the paper show some wear, like it’s been handled a lot. The artist made this using a printing method where ink is rolled onto a smooth stone, then pressed onto paper. The title is just "Untitled," so there’s no story to guess at—it’s all about the marks. If you like this kind of abstract print, check out lithography to see how it works.

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