1954
ink
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1954 ink by Willys de Castro, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows clean black shapes on a light background. The shapes look like stacked rectangles and squares, some filled in, others just outlines. Thin lines divide the space into grids, but the black areas break them up. The artist used simple ink on see-through paper, making the lines look crisp. The empty spaces feel just as important as the filled ones. Check out the technique: cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
Willys de Castro (February 16, 1926 – June 5, 1988) was a Brazilian visual artist, poet, graphic designer, industrial designer, stage designer and magazine editor.
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