Untitled [seated nude with her legs apart]
1955-1967
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pen and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 43.2 x 31.8 cm (17 x 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Phyllis Diebenkorn
Accession Number
2000.141.315
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *Untitled [seated nude her legs apart]* (5–1967) viewers into an intimate study of the human form. Executed in pen and black ink on smoothove paper, this 17 x 12½-inch drawing (43.2 x 31.8 cm) captures a seated female figure in a candid, unguarded pose. Now housed in the National Gallery of Art's collection (Department CG-W), it was generously gifted by Phyllis Diebenkorn the artist's wife, highlighting its personal significance. Created during Diebenkorn's pivotal figurative period in the Bay Area, the work reflects his transition from Abstract Expressionism to the Bay A...
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...