Untitled
1930
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1930
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1930 ink by Stanley William Hayter, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a tilted cityscape where buildings lean at odd angles. A skinny streetlamp bends like a question mark, and a few tiny figures walk or stand awkwardly on slanted sidewalks. The lines are scratchy and uneven, almost like the artist drew fast or used a sharp tool to carve into the surface. The whole scene feels off-balance on purpose—like the artist wanted to show how buildings might look if gravity didn’t work. The dry, dark lines create a sense of weight and strain, as if the structures are barely holding together. Next, check out engraving to see how artists like Hayter used metal plates and sharp tools to make prints like this.
Stanley William Hayter (27 December 1901 – 4 May 1988) was an English painter and master printmaker associated in the 1930s with surrealism and from 1940 onward with abstract expressionism.
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