The Modern Shopping Center, 1956
From the series Radioactivity
Ink and collage on paper
13 ¾ x 10 in. (35 x 25 cm)
Private collection

Erró began working in series very early on. In Radioactivity—his first collages, made during a visit to Israel—he combines tabloid-like headlines with fleshed out, primordial stick figures. The technique of collage, which enables the combination of disparate elements, would prove essential to his oeuvre.