Untitled [side view of a nude stepping high with her right foot] 1955 - 1967

This is a drawing by Richard Diebenkorn, created with what looks like a simple line on paper. Just look at the tentative yet assured strokes that make up this figure. I can imagine Diebenkorn, pen in hand, circling, searching, feeling his way around the form. There is an energy in that single line – it’s like he’s mapping the space around the body as much as the body itself. It makes me think about the way Diebenkorn often returned to the same subjects – the nude, the landscape – each time finding something new. You know? It's like he’s asking, ‘How many ways can I see this? How many ways can I draw this?’. This constant questioning, constant redrawing… it’s how artists push themselves, and how art evolves. It’s a conversation across time, where each artist builds on what came before, adding their own voice to the mix.