Quarante Huit Quai d’Auteuil 1935

Winifred Nicholson made "Quarante Huit Quai d’Auteuil" with oil on board, and it feels like a bit of a dance with geometry and light. The colors are so muted, almost whispering, making the whole piece feel like a memory. There's a real tangible quality to this painting; you can almost feel the brushstrokes, thin and deliberate, creating layers of subtle texture. Notice how she plays with opacity, letting the light grey ground peek through, giving everything this airy, dreamlike quality. And those lines, so faint and precise, cutting through the shapes – it's like she's mapping out a secret world. Look at the way the yellow wedges of colour balance with the blue square; they're not quite touching, but they hum with tension. You could maybe see a connection to Hilma af Klint's spiritual diagrams. Both explore unseen dimensions through abstract forms, but Nicholson keeps things grounded, like a quiet conversation rather than a grand proclamation. It's a reminder that art can be about questions more than answers, and that beauty can be found in the subtlest of gestures.