Untitled

Untitled

Shusaku Arakawa

1974

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows three block-like buildings on a flat, light background. The left one is a rainbow of colors—green, blue, pink, orange—blending into each other. The middle building has clean, geometric lines with smaller rectangles inside, while the right one is plain and pale. At the bottom, the words *"BY OR IN SURD"* are written in uneven, hand-drawn letters. The colors in the left building fade like a sunset, but the lines stay sharp. The middle building looks like a diagram, almost like a floor plan or a puzzle. The artist used different methods to make this print—some parts are smooth, others textured. If you like this mix of colors and shapes, check out lithography to see how prints like this are made.

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