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Masterpieces by Richard Diebenkorn: Property Sold to Benefit the Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation

Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993)

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Details

Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993)
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signed with the artist's initials and dated 'RD 61' (lower left)
watercolor and gouache on paper
11 7/8 x 9 in. (30.1 x 22.8 cm.)
Painted in 1961.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003

Literature

J. Livingston and A. Liguori, eds., Richard Diebenkorn, The Catalogue Raisonné, Volume Three: Catalogue Entries 1535-3761, New Haven and London, 2016, p. 465, no. 3094 (illustrated).

Exhibited

San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Richard Diebenkorn: Figurative Works on Paper, March-April 2003, p. 75, pl. 27 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

"It may seem momentarily magical that shapes, colors, and variously applied paint can have the power autonomously that they do. The human image functions for me as a kind of key to the painting" (R. Diebenkorn, quoted by J. Livingstone, "The Art of Richard
Diebenkorn," in The Art of Richard Diebenkorn, New York, 1998, p. 50).

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Lot Essay

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