Untitled [seated female nude leaning on right arm and looking right]
1955-1967
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conté crayon on calendered paper
Dimensions
sheet: 40.6 x 27.9 cm (16 x 11 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Phyllis Diebenkorn
Accession Number
2000.141.419
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *Untitled [seated female leaning on right arm and right]* (1955–1967) captures the artist's deep fascination with the human form during his Bay Area Figurative period. After experimenting with Abstract Expressionism in early 1950s, Diebenkorn returned to representational art, producing intimate studies of figures that blend emotional depth with abstracted space. This drawing, a gift from his wife Phyllis to the National Gallery of Art, exemplifies shift toward personal, studio-based explorations of nudes, often drawn from life. Executed in conté crayon on smooth calendere...
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...