Rey y Dama (King and Queen) by artist León Ferrari is an Ink, Letraset, and paper collage made in 1982. It measures approximately twenty by fourteen inches, and is hung in portrait orientation, meaning its shortest side runs parallel to the floor. The composition of this ink and paper artwork is similar to a handwritten letter on unlined paper. Small calligraphic lines and letters fill the page and are interspersed with various symbols. All are in black against a white paper surface, and are surrounded by narrow margins. With their dips, loops, and diagonal curves, these scratchy lines resemble letters but are in fact unintelligible. Letters that we can recognize are scattered throughout this mysterious written language in a selection of fonts and sizes. The letters that are the most prominent are A, X, S, R, B, W, O, and E. Sprinkled throughout the calligraphic webs and knots of lines and letters are familiar typographic symbols such as flowers, figures, stars, chess pieces, a bed frame, an ornate picture frame and a candelabra. These symbols seem to unfold slowly and then get lost again, similar to a childhood game of Where’s Waldo. In the very center of Rey y Dama is an aerial and typographic image of two king- or queen-sized beds sitting parallel to each other. On both beds, the left side of the blankets are neatly folded down. On the left bed is a king’s crown and on the right bed is the typical crown of a queen. In contrast to the other symbols throughout the artwork, these beds are surrounded by white space, therefore becoming a focal point amid the chaos around them.