Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is a gouache print by Jim Gaylord. It dates from 2007 and is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
About this work
Overview
Untitled, produced in 2007 by Jim Gaylord, is a mixed-media print in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. The work combines screenprinting, digital printing and hand‑applied gouache, resulting in a single‑plane image that balances mechanical reproduction with painterly intervention.
Subject & Meaning
At the composition’s center stands a figure in a black coat clutching a bat, surrounded by a cluster of floating, ambiguous shapes. The surrounding space suggests a tangled forest rendered in blocks of green and yellow, creating a dreamlike, almost narrative tableau that blurs the line between the real and the imagined.
Technique & Style
Gaylord’s process layers a screen‑printed base with digitally generated elements before adding gouache washes and accents by hand. This hybrid approach yields flat, saturated colors typical of gouache, while the printed components retain a crisp, graphic quality, producing a visual tension between cartoonish exuberance and precise printmaking.
History & Provenance
The piece was completed in 2007 and entered the Museum of Modern Art’s holdings shortly thereafter, where it remains on view. Its acquisition reflects MoMA’s interest in contemporary print practices that merge traditional and digital techniques.
Context
During the early 2000s, artists increasingly explored the intersection of analog print methods and digital imaging. Gaylord’s Untitled exemplifies this trend, situating the work within a broader movement that questions the boundaries of authorship and the role of hand‑crafted detail in reproducible media.
Artist & collection
Artist
Jim Gaylord is an American artist living and working in New York City. Based in a tradition of collage, his work is usually made from heavy paper that is cut out and pieced together into relief-like pictures.
