Untitled [head of a woman] [recto] 1955 - 1967

Richard Diebenkorn made this head of a woman with ink on paper, but when? There's no date. Maybe that’s because it’s a study, or a sketch for something bigger. Look at the marks: thick, black ink, quickly applied. I can imagine Diebenkorn's hand moving swiftly, capturing the essence of the woman's face. I feel the artist grappling with the form, searching for the right lines and shadows to define her features. See that broad stroke across the forehead? It’s like he’s carving out the space of her mind, trying to capture something beyond just the surface. Diebenkorn’s all about the push and pull between abstraction and representation, and you can see it here in the way he simplifies the features, almost reducing them to pure shapes. It’s like he's having a conversation with artists like Matisse, or even de Kooning, exploring the possibilities of line and form to convey emotion and expression. What do you think?