Untitled

Untitled

Willi Baumeister

1937

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows five dark, blobby shapes stacked unevenly on a light background. The shapes look like they’re floating—some wider, some narrower, all smooth-edged. The biggest one sits at the bottom, while the smallest is near the top, almost like a tiny afterthought. The artist used a simple trick: ink pressed onto stone to make these clean, flat forms. No detail, no depth—just pure shape. Want to see how this was made? Look up lithography.

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