Untitled
1981
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1981 ink by Valerie Jaudon, depicting Carpet, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a big, almost-square sheet filled with thin black lines that loop and cross like a net. Between the lines, patches of gold leaf glow, and a few red and black shapes float on top. Jaudon made this print by layering three techniques: etching (scratching lines into metal), aquatint (a way to add tone), and gold leaf pressed into the paper. The gold isn’t just decoration—it makes the flat surface feel like it’s lit from behind. If you like how printmaking can look like metalwork, look up aquatint next.
Valerie Jaudon (born August 6, 1945) is an American painter commonly associated with various Postminimal practices – the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970s, site-specific public art, and new tendencies in abstraction.
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