Untitled

Untitled

Terry Hirst

1973

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows two faint rectangles inside larger rectangles, drawn in light pencil-like lines. The paper is mostly blank, with just a few smudges where the lines meet. The whole thing looks like a sketch that was never finished. The artist used a simple tool—just lines—to make these shapes stand out against almost nothing. It’s like looking at a ghost of a drawing. If you like this kind of minimal work, check out etching next.

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