Untitled [seated woman with bottle] 1955 - 1967

This is an undated drawing called Untitled [seated woman with bottle] by Richard Diebenkorn. Note how the artist used charcoal to depict the seated woman, the texture adding a certain roughness and immediacy to the scene. Diebenkorn's structural approach is evident in how the composition is organized. The woman and the chair form a series of geometric shapes, almost like a puzzle. This is typical of the artist's style. He often reduced figures and landscapes to their basic forms, focusing on the interplay between line, shape, and space. You can see how he plays with positive and negative space, using the blank areas of the paper to define the subject. The charcoal marks are loose and expressive, hinting at form rather than defining it precisely. This piece sits between representation and abstraction, inviting us to explore the balance between what we see and how we interpret it.