Richard Diebenkorn

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

New York, M. Knoedler and Co., Richard Diebenkorn, January 1982
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Richard Diebenkorn: Works on Paper, 1970-1983, May - June 1983

Richard Newlin, Richard Diebenkorn: Works on Paper, Houston 1987, p. 177, illustrated in color
Jane Livingston and Andrea Liguori, Eds., Richard Diebenkorn: The Catalogue Raisonné, Volume Four: Catalogue Entries 3762-5197, New Haven 2016, cat. no. 4481, p. 320, illustrated

This work is in very good condition overall. There are artist’s pinholes in each of the four corners and along the edges. There is an undulation to the sheet and evidence of wear and handling along the edges most notably at the four corners and a minor crease at the upper right corner and pinpoint, minute losses to the paper along the top edge. Under very close inspection, there are media accretions and minor scratches to the sheet scattered throughout likely from the time of execution and part of the artist’s working process. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the top edge. Framed under Plexiglas.
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