Lot 206
  • 206

Richard Diebenkorn

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Diebenkorn
  • Untitled
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 85
  • charcoal and pasted graph paper on joined paper
  • 25 3/8 by 13 3/4 in. 64.5 by 34.9 cm.

Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1986

Exhibited

Houston, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Charcoal Drawings, 1880-1985, October - November 1985, cat. no. 34, illustrated (incorrectly titled)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist’s working method. The collaged paper is secure and the sheets of paper are all securely joined. There are multiple artist’s pinholes scattered in each corner and intermittently along the edges. There is an inconsistency in texture to the charcoal in the upper right corner, possibly inherent to the artist’s working method. Under very close inspection and under raking light, a few minor surface abrasions are visible in the upper portion of the sheet. The sheet is hinged verso the matte intermittently along the edges. Framed under glass.
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