High Green Version I [working proof 10]
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint with spitbite, softground, hardground, and soapground etching and sugarlift aquatint with scraping and burnishing on Somerset soft white paper [working proof]
Dimensions
image: 101 x 57.5 cm (39 3/4 x 22 5/8 in.) sheet: 134.6 x 85.7 cm (53 x 33 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Crown Point Press
Accession Number
1996.94.18
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn, a pivotal figure in mid-20th-century American art, is celebrated for his fluid transitions between abstract expressionism and Bay Area Figurative painting. Created in 1992, just a year before his death, *High Green Version I [ proof 10]* captures the artist's late-career exploration of printmaking. Produced in collaboration with Crown Point Press—a renowned publisher of contemporary prints—this working proof offers a rare glimpse into Diebenkorn's iterative process, revealing how he refined compositions through multiple states before final editions. The artwork's complex m...
About the Artist
Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Clifford Diebenkorn Jr. (1922-1993) was one of the premier American painters of the postwar era, whose deeply lyrical abstractions and figurative works evoked the shimmering light and wide-open spaces of California. Born in Portland, Oregon, and raised in San Francisco, Diebenkorn became a pivotal figure in elevating the status of California art on the international stage. His career encom...