Who painted Untitled?

Untitled was painted by Joyce Kozloff in 2009.

Where can I see Untitled?

Untitled is held by Museum of Modern Art.

Untitled by Joyce Kozloff (2009) — Meaning & Museum

About this work

Overview

Created in 2009, this untitled work by Joyce Kozloff is a digital print that incorporates lithographic elements. It belongs to a larger series of nineteen digital prints, of which twelve also include lithography, alongside a few works employing pochoir, hand‑coloring, and gold dusting. The piece functions as a visual map, merging historic cartographic sources with contemporary graphic lines.

Subject & Meaning

The image presents a composite city map, overlaying streets, building outlines, and varied color fields. Text fragments such as “Spanish A Camp” and “Puunene, Maui, T.H.” appear in the margin, while a blue circle draws attention to a road adjacent to a reservoir. The juxtaposition of old map fragments with new schematic lines suggests a dialogue between past and present urban landscapes.

Technique & Style

Kozloff combines a digitally produced image with traditional lithographic printing, a process that transfers the design onto stone or metal plates before printing. This hybrid approach reflects her long‑standing interest in pattern, decoration, and the decorative potential of cartographic imagery, allowing precise line work to coexist with the softer tonal variations of digital media.

History & Provenance

The print was issued as part of a limited portfolio assembled by the artist in 2009, a period when Kozloff was expanding her practice beyond the Pattern and Decoration movement into more overtly cartographic investigations. The portfolio was produced in a small edition, and the work has circulated primarily through gallery exhibitions and private collections focused on contemporary feminist printmaking.

Context

Beginning in the early 1990s, she incorporated maps and ornamental motifs into her oeuvre, using them to question spatial narratives and cultural histories.

Joyce Kozloff, a founding member of the feminist Heresies collective, has been associated with the Pattern and Decoration movement since the 1970s. Beginning in the early 1990s, she incorporated maps and ornamental motifs into her oeuvre, using them to question spatial narratives and cultural histories. This untitled piece continues that trajectory, situating geographic data within a decorative framework.