Untitled
1936
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1936
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1936 ink by Stanley William Hayter, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This print shows a tangle of lines and shapes. You can’t tell if they’re people or objects—they’re all mixed up. The lines are thick in some spots, thin in others, like scribbles that never settle. Shadows and light play across the forms, but nothing looks solid. The artist used a sharp tool to scratch into metal, then ink filled those lines. That’s how the messy, tangled look was made. Want to see how this works up close? Check out etching.
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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