Untitled [striding female nude: side view] 1955 - 1967

Richard Diebenkorn made this drawing of a female nude with ink on paper. It's all swooping dark lines that give it a real sense of energy. You can almost feel the model moving, right? I can imagine Diebenkorn, his eyes darting back and forth from the model to the page, trying to capture the essence of her form with these bold strokes. The ink looks really fluid, like he was working fast, not fussing too much. It reminds me a bit of some of de Kooning’s figure drawings, where it's all about the gesture and the feeling. The way he layers the lines, you get a sense of depth and volume, even though it's just ink on paper. It’s like he's thinking about how the body occupies space and what it means to be in motion. It's all about the artist and the model being in conversation.