Untitled [female nude leaning over a draped stool]
1955-1967
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charcoal on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 43 x 35.2 cm (16 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Phyllis Diebenkorn
Accession Number
2000.141.111
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *Untitled [female nude leaning a draped stool]* (5–1967) is a captivating charcoal drawing on wove paper, measuring 43 x 35.2 cm. Created during the artist's pivotal shift from Abstract Expressionism to the Bay Area Figurative movement, this intimate study exemplifies Diebenkorn's renewed fascination with the human form years of non-objective abstraction. Gifted to the National Gallery of Art his wife, Phyllis Diebenkorn, it the personal and domestic inspirations that fueled his work in California during the post-World War II era. Diebenkorn, a leading figure in mid-20th-...
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...