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![Painting, Sans Titre, Apo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137442_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Neurjahrsblatt, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1279212_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Storm Series (Ref 845), Jaanika Peerna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/582765_1_grid.jpg)
Storm Series (Ref 845)
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 18.1 inch
$1,328
![Fine Art Drawings, Storm Series (Ref 844), Jaanika Peerna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/579285_1_grid.jpg)
Storm Series (Ref 844)
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 18.1 inch
$1,328
![Print, Untitled, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2010765_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sculpture Walking 1977, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195938_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture Walking 1977
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$2,191
![Print, Untitled from St. Gallen, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1164102_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vers l'exil, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/328801_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, H-21, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/101179_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Quatre carrés, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897060_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sofa, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999408_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Relief sable, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897084_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Small Sign No 14 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/617496_1_grid.jpg)
Small Sign No 14 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$115
![Fine Art Drawings, Small Sign No 12 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/616050_1_grid.jpg)
Small Sign No 12 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$115
![Fine Art Drawings, Sign No. 16 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/615828_1_grid.jpg)
Sign No. 16 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$231
![Fine Art Drawings, Sign No. 15 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/615825_1_grid.jpg)
Sign No. 15 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$231
![Fine Art Drawings, Sign No. 14 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/615819_1_grid.jpg)
Sign No. 14 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$231
![Painting, Follow the Line 6 - Linear Abstract (Abstrait Linéaire), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/560482_1_grid.jpg)
Follow the Line 6 - Linear Abstract (Abstrait Linéaire)
Gina Vor
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$346
![Painting, Waterfall 2 - Colourful Abstract on Paper (Abstrait Coloré sur Papier), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539824_1_grid.jpg)
Waterfall 2 - Colourful Abstract on Paper (Abstrait Coloré sur Papier)
Gina Vor
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$173
![Painting, 3 in 1 - Abstract Triptych (Triptyque Abstrait), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/538165_1_grid.jpg)
3 in 1 - Abstract Triptych (Triptyque Abstrait)
Gina Vor
Painting - 96 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$288
![Painting, Fly Me To The Moon - Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/538162_1_grid.jpg)
Fly Me To The Moon - Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste)
Gina Vor
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$173
![Painting, Melting 5 - Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/536500_1_grid.jpg)
Melting 5 - Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste)
Gina Vor
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$173
![Painting, Melting 4 - Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/536049_1_grid.jpg)
Melting 4 - Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste)
Gina Vor
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$173
![Fine Art Drawings, Waterfall 1 - Colourful Abstract on Paper (Abstrait Coloré sur Papier), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/518687_1_grid.jpg)
Waterfall 1 - Colourful Abstract on Paper (Abstrait Coloré sur Papier)
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$173
![Fine Art Drawings, Where are you? 1 - Abstract on Paper (Abstrait sur Papier), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/514928_1_grid.jpg)
Where are you? 1 - Abstract on Paper (Abstrait sur Papier)
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$173
![Fine Art Drawings, Good Night 3 - Black and White Abstract (Abstrait Blanc et Noir), Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512828_1_grid.jpg)
Good Night 3 - Black and White Abstract (Abstrait Blanc et Noir)
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$173
![Print, Sans titre, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2014899_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled - Berlin Suite, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/640035_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled - Berlin Suite
Antoni Tapies
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$2,191 $1,862
![Print, Untitled - Berlin Suite, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/639975_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled - Berlin Suite
Antoni Tapies
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$2,191 $1,862
![Print, G 1973-2, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196794_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Double croix, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138088_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 24 sur 17, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138087_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, HC L-52, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1637229_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Riz, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1164090_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans Titre (Untitled), Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/652947_1_grid.jpg)
Sans Titre (Untitled)
Antoni Tapies
Print - 29.5 x 46.1 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.6 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$1,729
![Print, Untitled - Berlin Suite, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/639987_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, 1975 Moon Shin Sculpture Tripode Noire MMCA MUSEUM SEOUL Collection, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1196826_1_grid.jpg)
1975 Moon Shin Sculpture Tripode Noire MMCA MUSEUM SEOUL Collection
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 4.7 inch
$1,038 $623
![Fine Art Drawings, 2 Black Sculptures 1977 MOON SHIN MMCA MUSEUM Collection, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1196601_1_grid.jpg)
2 Black Sculptures 1977 MOON SHIN MMCA MUSEUM Collection
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 6.3 inch
$1,729
![Fine Art Drawings, Sienna Feather Sculpture Plume Brune, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1190301_1_grid.jpg)
Sienna Feather Sculpture Plume Brune
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$2,191
![Print, H-23, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/534122_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/293695_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Two Black and White Dreams | Peintures en Noir et Blanc, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/750468_1_grid.jpg)
Two Black and White Dreams | Peintures en Noir et Blanc
Gina Vor
Painting - 58 x 20.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 22.8 x 8.1 x 0.1 inch
$173 $156
![Print, LLambrec7, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/173401_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, LLambrec, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/394924_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, LLambrec9, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/394897_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, LLambrec 6, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/394894_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, LLambrec5, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/173398_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 5 | Abstraite 5, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/782913_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Biology 11 | Aquarelle Abstraite, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/775593_1_grid.jpg)
Biology 11 | Aquarelle Abstraite
Gina Vor
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$173
![Fine Art Drawings, Small Blue Sign No 8 | Abstrait Minimaliste, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748320_1_grid.jpg)
Small Blue Sign No 8 | Abstrait Minimaliste
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$115
![Fine Art Drawings, Small Blue Sign No 7 | Abstrait Minimaliste, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748314_1_grid.jpg)
Small Blue Sign No 7 | Abstrait Minimaliste
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$115
![Painting, Untitled II, Aleksandar Bezinovic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204424_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled II
Aleksandar Bezinovic
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,494
![Print, Composition, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/21327_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Las Estampas de la Cometa, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/60171_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Las Estampas de la Cometa, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/60117_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/534305_1_grid.jpg)
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Untitled II (1)
Aleksandar Bezinovic
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,494
![Painting, Untitled, Aleksandar Bezinovic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204429_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/905256_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Quadrats i grafismes, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/903981_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Aparicions, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/903792_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Llambrec 16, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/714216_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Aparicions 7, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/714210_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Aparicions 9, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/714198_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Llambrec Material, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/266566_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Three Poems II, Robert Motherwell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543443_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1958 Parisiens Parisians, Kam Zin Choon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031373_1_grid.jpg)
1958 Parisiens Parisians
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 48 x 64 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.9 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch
$865
![Painting, 1956 Dieu dans la rivière River God, Kam Zin Choon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1030728_1_grid.jpg)
1956 Dieu dans la rivière River God
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,248
![Painting, Joeur de football sur fond sienna / Soccer Player on sienna background, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1551504_1_grid.jpg)
Joeur de football sur fond sienna / Soccer Player on sienna background
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
$3,401
![Print, Festival Internacional de Cadaques, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543707_1_grid.jpg)
Festival Internacional de Cadaques
Antoni Tapies
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Sienna Portrait Sculpture 1977, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195608_1_grid.jpg)
Sienna Portrait Sculpture 1977
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 3.9 inch
$4,496
![Fine Art Drawings, Broussailles, Philippe Cognée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1030011_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Broussailles, Philippe Cognée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029990_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Broussailles, Philippe Cognée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029975_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Broussailles, Philippe Cognée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029960_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Broussailles, Philippe Cognée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029954_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Berlin Suite, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1279176_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Small Yellow Sign No 7, Abstrait Minimaliste, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/734604_1_grid.jpg)
Small Yellow Sign No 7, Abstrait Minimaliste
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$115
![Print, Farandole, Hans Hartung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285461_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Vision 3, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/832140_1_grid.jpg)
Vision 3
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$173
![Fine Art Drawings, Vision 1, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/831216_1_grid.jpg)
Vision 1
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$173
![Painting, Abstract 6 | Abstraite 6, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792336_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 6 | Abstraite 6, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/786612_1_grid.jpg)
Spontaneous Lines
It is unsurprising that, historically, black as a color has been linked to somberness, melancholy and madness, but the history of this color is so much more nuanced than that. From the thick black strokes creating spontaneous lines in Edouard Manet's Music in the Tuileries (1862) to Anish Kapoor gaining the rights to Vantablack (the darkest shade of black at the time) in 2016, the use of black line has captured the artist's obsessions for centuries. Pierre Soulages used black line as a way to provide texture to his paintings, playing with how black and light interact upon the canvas. Whilst Mark Rothko revered the simplicity of color and line, and their rightful place in the history of abstract art, as a link between the emoting artist and their expression on the canvas – regardless of whether that emotion was dark or not. Line is the ultimate factor of definition and declaration, thus, unsurprisingly it is used instinctively by the artist. In Artsper's own selection of works, the likes of Moon Shin and Gérard Escougnou have been noted for their use of spontaneous lines. In fact, Escougnou uses black lines to emit vibrations from his work, with white used as a void or a moment of silence. Lines can cause the viewer to become introspective and reflective, a way for the viewer to relate to a work and the artist's reasons for creating it.