Untitled [nude in an armchair with her right leg up] 1955 - 1967

This is a drawing by Richard Diebenkorn of a nude woman in an armchair, made using ink on paper. It's a study in line, all these scribbly black marks, and I can just imagine the hand of the artist moving quickly, trying to capture the essence of the pose. I find myself thinking about what Diebenkorn was after here. Was he interested in the form, the shape, or maybe the feeling of this person in that moment? The way the lines intersect and overlap creates a sense of depth, but it also keeps the drawing open, unresolved. It makes me think about other artists, like Matisse, who were also obsessed with the figure, with line. There's a conversation happening across time, artists building on each other's ideas, responding to what came before. It's a reminder that art is never really finished. It's always evolving, changing, and being reinterpreted.