Untitled

Untitled

Yutaka Matsuzawa

1964

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This work is made of brown paper with smaller white squares glued on top. Inside those squares are simple ink drawings: stick figures, numbers, question marks, and tiny clusters of dots. The biggest figure at the top and bottom looks like a person with arms outstretched, but it’s drawn with just a few bold lines. The white squares are arranged in a grid, almost like a puzzle. Some squares have just scribbles or shapes, while others mix text and symbols. The ink is dark and precise, standing out against the light paper. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists build detail with lines.

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