Untitled (Abstraction) 1916 - 1917

This untitled charcoal drawing by Georgia O'Keeffe is just lovely. I can imagine her gently layering those velvety blacks and grays to create the soft curves. I can see O’Keeffe bending over the paper, really feeling the pressure of the charcoal in her hand, and letting her intuition guide the shading. There’s something really sensual about the work. O'Keeffe's soft blending feels like she is caressing the paper. The repeated curves create a sense of rhythm, like a song. These shapes could be anything, right? Hills, folds, maybe even bodies, who knows? But it's in that ambiguity that the drawing comes alive. She's clearly having a conversation with other artists, like Arthur Dove, with her abstract forms. It's a beautiful reminder that art is really just an ongoing dialogue, artists responding to artists, each inspiring the next. And, like all good art, this drawing invites us to bring our own experiences and interpretations to the table.