The angular forms of the figure in this drawing recall his portrait
paintings, and the
vertical, architectonic marks also reference his
cityscapes and nonrepresentational abstractions.
On the opposite side is a small but intense
vertical abstraction by Louise Nevelson, and a
cityscape by Alice Neel: I am particularly fond of works by Alice Neel that are not portraits, but still lifes and
cityscapes, because one can appreciate her drawing and
paint application in a different manner when they are not applied to her strong sense of figuration which may overwhelm a viewer's ability to fully appreciate her more abstract qualities.