Untitled [seated female nude facing left]
1955-1967
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View on museum website →Medium
blue felt-tip pen and charcoal on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 43.2 x 35.5 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Phyllis Diebenkorn
Accession Number
2000.141.41
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *Untitled [seated female facing left]* (195–1967) is a drawing that captures the artist's deep engagement with the human figure during a pivotal phase of his career. Created with blue felt-tip pen and charcoal on wove paper, this 17 x 14-inch study measures 43.2 x 35.5 cm overall. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's through a generous gift from Phyllis Diebenorn, the artist's wife, it exemplifies Diebenkorn's shift from abstract expressionism to the Bay Area Figurative movement in the late 1950s. Rendered during Diebenkorn's years teaching at the University of Califor...
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...