Untitled [seated female nude resting her head on her hand]
1955-1967
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black chalk on calendered paper
Dimensions
overall: 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
2000.141.79
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *Untitled [seated female resting her head on her hand]* (1955–1967) captures an intimate moment of repose through a simple yet evocative pose. Created during the artist's pivotal Bay Area Figurative period, this drawing reflects Diebenkorn's from Abstract Expressionism back to representational work after a decade of abstraction. Influenced by his time teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, Diebenkorn explored the human form with a fresh, modernist sensibility, blending psychological depth with loose, expressive lines. Executed in black chalk on calendered pap...
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...