Untitled

Untitled

Sigmar Polke

1971

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image is mostly black and white with a dark, shadowy shape in the center. The background looks blurry and light, almost like a faded photo. On the right side, there are two pale, oval shapes floating near the top edge. The artist used a printing method that makes the image look rough and uneven. The edges of the shapes are not clean—they’re a little messy, like ink bleeding. Try looking up lithography to see how this technique works.

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