A striking work by Greek-Italian Arte Povera pioneer Jannis Kounellis, this piece employs tar as both material and medium, its dense, viscous blackness applied to paper with raw, gestural intensity. The use of industrial tar speaks to Kounellis's lifelong investigation into the tension between organic and industrial materials, transforming a substance associated with labor and construction into a vehicle for painterly expression. The work's stark, uncompromising surface carries a sense of weight and permanence, embodying the artist's belief in art as a physical and philosophical encounter with the material world.