Female image 1975

I'm thinking about this stark Female Image drawn by Hryhorii Havrylenko. Look at how the figure emerges from the white paper. How do you make someone appear with just a few lines? The artist has used only the essential marks. The lines feels spontaneous. He probably worked quickly. There's a wonderful economy here – the way the artist captures the essence of the figure. What was Havrylenko thinking? Maybe he wanted to see if he could capture the form with the fewest marks. Or was it a memory? A fleeting impression of someone he knew? It reminds me of Matisse's line drawings – that same search for pure form, where less is more. It’s like a dance between seeing and feeling, where the artist trusts the line to convey the most.