Untitled

Untitled

Vaslav Nijinsky

1918

pastel

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows four nude figures in a dreamy, floating pose. The colors are soft—blues, greens, and golds—with big, round shapes behind them. Their bodies are stretched and curved, almost like they’re dancing or melting. The artist used pastels and pencil on colored paper, which gives it a soft, smudgy look. The figures don’t have faces, just swirls of color where eyes might be. Look up pastel to see how artists use soft, powdery sticks to create this kind of effect.

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