Lot 25
  • 25

Richard Diebenkorn

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Diebenkorn
  • Untitled #25
  • signed with initials and dated 84
  • gouache, acrylic and crayon on paper
  • 25 by 38 in.
  • 63.5 by 96.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1984, this work will be included in the forthcoming Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue RaisonnĂ© under number 4572 (estate number RD 2493).

Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (acquired from the above in May 1984)

Exhibited

New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Richard Diebenkorn: Recent Work, May 1984, cat. no. 27, p. 12, illustrated in color
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Extended Loan, October 2012 - June 2014

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. There are artist's pinholes at all four corners and a few scattered thin drips, all dating from the time of execution. The sheet is hinged at both corners along the top edge to ragboard and framed in a blonde wood frame under glass.
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