Twelve
started 1984, published 1986
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color lithograph on Arches 88 wove paper
Dimensions
image: 91.12 × 69.53 cm (35 7/8 × 27 3/8 in.) sheet: 112 × 87 cm (44 1/8 × 34 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
1989.55.20
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn *Twelve* (started 1984, published 1986) is a vibrant color lithograph on premium Arches 88 wove paper, measuring 91.12 × 69.53 cm for the image and 112 × 87 cm for the full sheet. This print captures the artist's late-career mastery, blending his signature abstracted forms with subtle allusions to landscape and geometry. Diebenkorn, a pivotal figure in mid-20th-century American art, evolved from Abstract Expressionism to the Bay Area Figurative style before returning to luminous abstractions in his renowned Ocean Park series. By the 1980s, his work reflected a refined confid...
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...