Untitled
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opaque watercolor and charcoal on handmade laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 45.5 × 96.2 cm (17 15/16 × 37 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lenore S. and Bernard Greenberg
Accession Number
2022.34.3
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *Untitled* (1987) is a captivating late-career drawing that exemplifies the artist's masterful command of abstraction. Created in opaque watercolor and charcoal on handmade laid paper, this work measures 45.5 × 96.2 cm, viewers into a luminous interplay of color fields and subtle geometries. Diebenkorn, a pivotal figure in mid-20th-century American art, bridged Abstract Expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative movement before returning to large-scale abstraction in his iconic Ocean Park series (1967–1987). This piece, from the tail end of that prolific period, reflects hi...
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...