Two Way
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softground etching with drypoint in black on Rives heavyweight paper
Dimensions
image: 61 x 38.1 cm (24 x 15 in.) sheet: 102.2 x 67.3 cm (40 1/4 x 26 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
1996.77.59
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *Two Way* (1982) is a striking print from the later phase of the artist's illustrious career. Born in 1922, Diebenkorn was a pivotal figure in mid-20th-century American, evolving from Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s–50s to the Bay Areaative movement, and finally to his luminous Ocean Park series of abstracted architectural landscapes created in Santa Monica during the 1960s–80s. This work, executed as a softground etching with drypoint in black ink on Rives heavyweight paper, captures the essence of his mature style: bold geometries, layered space, and a poetic interpl...
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...