Plate 9 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Raoul Hausmann

1961, published 1962

Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

Museum of Modern Art

An abstract etching features a dynamic composition of swirling black lines on a light background. The lines suggest movement and form without clear representation.