Untitled [standing female nude turning toward viewer]
1955-1967
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charcoal on calendered paper
Dimensions
overall: 40.6 x 27.8 cm (16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Phyllis Diebenkorn
Accession Number
2000.141.60.a
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *Untitled [standing female nude turning toward viewer]* (1955–1967) captures the artist's deep fascination with the human form during his pivotal shift to figurative painting. A leading figure in the Bay Area Figurative movement, Diebenkorn had earlier embraced Abstract Expressionism but returned to representational work in the mid-1950s, influenced by California's vibrant light and his peers like David Park and Elmer Bischoff. This intimate drawing, gifted to the National Gallery of Art by his wife Phyllis, exemplifies his exploratory sketches from this period, where he p...
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...