Richard Diebenkorn, American, b. Portland, Oregon, 1922–1993 Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
71 1/8 × 62 1/2 in. (180.7 × 158.8 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1957
Provenance:
Poindexter Gallery, New York, to 10 March 1958
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 10 March 1958-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History:
POINDEXTER GALLERY, New York. "Richard Diebenkorn," 24 February-22 March 1958.
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Tallahassee. "New Directions in Painting," March 1959, p. 11. Tour: JOHN AND MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART, Sarasota, Florida, April 1959; NORTON GALLERY AND SCHOOL OF ART, West Palm Beach, Florida, May 1959.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "New Images of Man," 29 September-29 November 1959, p. 58. Tour: BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, 9 January-7 February 1960.
PASADENA ART MUSEUM. "Richard Diebenkorn," 6 September-6 October 1960, no. 28.
CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, San Francisco. "Richard Diebenkorn," 22 October-27 November 1960, no. 28.
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh. "The 1961 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture," 27 October 1961-7 January 1962, no. 490.
TATE GALLERY, London. "Painting and Sculpture of a Decade, 1954-1964," 22 April-28 June 1964, no. 244, p. 43.
WASHINGTON GALLERY OF MODERN ART, Washington, DC. "Richard Diebenkorn," 6 November-31 December 1964, no. 26. Tour: JEWISH MUSEUM, New York, 13 January-21 February 1965; PAVILION GALLERY, Newport Beach, California, 14 March-15 April 1965.
PROVIDENCE ART CLUB. :Critic's Choice: Art Since World War II," 31 March-24 April 1965, no. 17, p. 24.
KATONAH GALLERY, New York. "American Painting, 1900-1976," 1 November 1975-11 September 1976, fig. 69.
ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo. "Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943-1976," 12 November 1976-9 January 1977, no. 31, fig. 53, p. 33. Tour: CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, 31 January-20 March 1977; CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC, 15 April-23 May 1977; WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, 9 June-17 July 1977; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 9 August-25 September 1977; OAKLAND MUSEUM, 15 October-27 November 1977.
GREY ART GALLERY AND STUDY CENTER, New York University. "The Figurative Mode: Bay Area Painting, 1956-1966," 27 March-28 April 1984, p. 48. Tour: NEWPORT HARBOR ART MUSEUM, Newport Beach, California, 20 June-15 September 1984.
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. "Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965," 14 December 1989-4 February 1990, fig. 3.20, pp. 53-55, 61, 222. TOUR: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 13 June-9 September; PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, 5 October-30 December 1990.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC. "America's Smithsonian: 150th Anniversary Exhibition, 1996-1998." Included in 4 stops of tour: LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER, 9 February-10 March 1996; KANSAS CITY CONVENTION CENTER, 10 April-19 May 1996; NEW YORK COLISEUM, 11 June-24 July 1996; RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION CENTER, Providence, 17 August-19 September 1996.
DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco. "Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966," 22 June-29 September 2012, colorpl. 52, p. 129; p. 247 (did not tour to Palm Springs Art Museum).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
Published References:
SELZ, PETER. New Images of Man (New York: Doubleday and Co. and Museum of Modern Art, 1959), p. 58.
UNSIGNED. "Color Spectacle: The Human Figure Returns in Separate Ways and Places," Life 52 (8 June 1962), p. 54.
NEUMEYER, ALFRED. The Search for Meaning in Modern Art (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1964), p. 128, no. 33.
LIPPARD, LUCY. "New York Letter," Art International 9 (March-April 1965), p. 48.
UNSIGNED. "The Singing Colors and Evocative Scenes of Richard Diebenkorn," Amepnka (Published for distribution in the Soviet Union by the United States Information Agency), no. 110 (November 1965), p. 14.
UNSIGNED. "The Singing Colors and Evocative Scenes of Richard Diebenkorn," Ameryka (Published for distribution in Poland by the United States Information Agency), no. 82 (November 1965).
SELDIS, HENRY J. "A Great Art Gift to the Nation," Los Angeles Times (29 May 1966), p. 30.
ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968), p. 537, no. 952.
UNSIGNED. "Richard Clifford Diebenkorn," Current Biography 32 (December 1971), p. 7.
HUNTER, SAM and JOHN JACOBUS. American Art of the 20th Century (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973), p. 224, no. 407.
HOBBS, JACK. Art in Context (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1975), pp. 230-31, fig. 9-10.
ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2nd ed., 1977), pp. 567-8, fig. 1002.
HOBBS, JACK. Art in Context (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 2nd ed, 1980), pp. 214-5, fig. 8-12.
UNSIGNED. Modern Masters Address Book (New York: Abbevillle Press, 1984).
PREBELE, DUANE and SARAH PREBLE. Artforms (New York: Harper and Row, 1984), p. 395, fig. 451.
HOBBS, JACK. Art in Context (San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 3rd ed., 1985), pp. 223-5, fig. 8-12.
ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 3rd ed., 1986), p. 537, fig. 952.
ZELLMAN, MICHAEL DAVID. American Art Analog (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986), p. 1017.
NADELMAN, CYNTHIA. "California on Canvas," Elle (September 1986), p. 159.
NORDLAND, GERALD. Richard Diebenkorn (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987), p. 118.
ELDERFIELD, JOHN. The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1988), p. 16, fig. 3, p. 17.
WARD, JOHN L. American Realist Painting, 1945-1980 (Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1989), pp. 81-91, fig. 43.
OTTO G. OCVIRK, et al. Art Fundamentals (Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 6th ed., 1990), p. 40, fig. 2.51, p. 41.
UNSIGNED. Richard Diebenkorn (Los Angeles: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, 1993), p. 70, fig. 21.
MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN and JACQUELINE BLOCK. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design 2nd ed. (New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs/Prentice Hall, 1995), fig. A, p. 184.
ZILCZER, JUDITH K. "Richard Diebenkorn," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), p. 92.
BISHOP, JANET. David Park: A Retrospective (San Francisco Museum of Art in asscociation with University of California Press, 2019), fig. 10, p. 37 (color).
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 183, p. 202.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
