Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is a graphite drawing by Minnie Evans. It dates from 1960 and is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
About this work
Overview
This untitled drawing, created around 1960 by Minnie Evans, is a complex composition executed in ink and pencil on paper. It is part of The Museum of Modern Art's collection.
Subject & Meaning
The drawing features a dense network of faces, eyes, and swirling lines, with forms that evoke masks, flowers, and disembodied heads with prominent eyes. Evans attributed the imagery to dreams, suggesting a personal, symbolic language.
Technique & Style
The work's dense, intricate composition and expressive use of black ink on white paper convey a sense of urgency and spontaneity, as if the artist's inner vision is being rapidly externalized.
Context
Evans, who worked as a gatekeeper at a North Carolina estate, created art in her spare time, untrained but driven by what she considered a divine inspiration.
Artist & collection
Artist
Minnie Eva Evans was an African-American artist who worked in the United States from the 1940s to the 1980s.
