High Green Version I [working proof 11]
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color aquatint with spitbite, softground, hardground, and soapground etching and sugarlift aquatint with scraping, burnishing, and collage on Somerset soft white paper [working proof]
Dimensions
image: 101 x 57.5 cm (39 3/4 x 22 5/8 in.) sheet: 137.2 x 85.1 cm (54 x 33 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Crown Point Press
Accession Number
1996.94.17
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *High Green Version I [working proof11]* (1992) offers a captivating glimpse into the late-career experimentation of one of America's foremost abstract artists. Diebenkorn, renowned his fluid transitions between Abstract Expressionism, Bay Area Figurative painting, and the color fields of his Ocean Park series, turned to printmaking in his final years. Created just before his death in 1993, this working proof—number 11 in a series of trials—reveals the iterative process behind his compositions, blending bold greens and abstracted forms evocative of his California landscape...
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...