Small Island by Dieter Roth (1968)

A jagged landmass floats on paper. Small Island, Dieter Roth’s 1968 lithograph, begins there—no horizon, no sky, just rock and scribble. The island is a rough oval of ochre and charcoal, its edges frayed by crosshatched shadows. Tiny red and blue marks puncture the surface like buoys or wounds. A single vertical line bisects the shape, dividing it into unequal halves, as if the land itself is hesitating. Hang it above a narrow console; the print’s quiet tension keeps the hallway from feeling like a corridor.