Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is a watercolor print by Elizabeth Murray. It dates from 1999 and is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
About this work
Overview
Untitled is a 1999 print by Elizabeth Murray, combining lithography and screenprinting on cut and raised paper with additional crayon and watercolor elements.
Subject & Meaning
The work depicts a biomorphic form with a bright red-orange body, green, blue, and yellow appendages, and pink extremities, containing smaller, geometric shapes. A large eye and small mouth are prominent features, suggesting a playful, anthropomorphic character.
Technique & Style
Murray employed a mixed-media approach, layering printmaking techniques with hand-drawn and painted elements to create a textured, almost three-dimensional effect against a white background.
Artist & collection
Artist
Elizabeth Murray was an American painter, printmaker and draughtsman. Her works are in many major public collections, including those of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the…
