Lot 160
  • 160

Richard Diebenkorn

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Diebenkorn
  • Untitled #14
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 81
  • gouache and crayon on paper
  • 28 by 25 in. 71 by 63.5 cm.
  • This work will be included in the forthcoming Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue RaisonnĂ© and is registered under estate number RD 371.

Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1982

Exhibited

New York, Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles, County Museum of Art; San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art; Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection, Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn, November 1988 - December 1989, p. 180, illustrated in color (cited as Untitled Ocean Park in exhibition catalogue)

Literature

Richard Newlin, ed., Richard Diebenkorn: Works on Paper, Houston, 1987, p. 187, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is a soft ripple to the sheet and media accretions, presumably due to the artist's working method. There are artist's pin-holes in the four corner edges, one on the right edge 6 inches from the top and one on the left edge 5 1/2 inches from the top. The sheet is hinged to the matte with acid free tape and all edges are visible. Framed under Plexiglas. Please note, this work will be included in the forthcoming Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné and is registered under estate number RD 371.
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