Untitled

Untitled

Shoichi Ida

1989

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print shows a gray square with two thick black lines. One line is straight and long. The other is a sharp V shape. The background looks rough, like watercolor smudges. At the bottom, there’s a thin black strip with a few faint marks inside it. The artist used ink to carve lines into a metal plate. Then paper was pressed onto it, making the lines pop. The gray areas are likely made by scraping or wiping ink. Want to know more? Look up etching.

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