High Green Version I [working proof 12]
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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: 136.8 x 85.1 cm (53 7/8 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
1996.94.16
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *High Green Version I [working proof12]* (1992) offers a captivating glimpse into the late-career experimentation of one of America's most revered modern artists. Created just a year before Diebenkorn's death, this color aquatint print on Somerset soft white paper measures an impressive image size of 101 x 57.5 cm. As a working proof—the 12th in a series of trials—it reveals the artist's iterative process, bridging his iconic Ocean Park abstractions with the nuanced possibilities of printmaking. Diebenkorn, known for shifting between Abstract Expressionism and Bay Area Fig...
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...