Lot 78
  • 78

RICHARD DIEBENKORN | Untitled

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Richard Diebenkorn
  • Untitled
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 87
  • acrylic, pastel and charcoal on 2 joined sheets of paper
  • 36 by 22 in. 91.4 by 55.9 cm.

Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987

Exhibited

New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Richard Diebenkorn, November 1987, cat. no. 14, p. 12, illustrated in color
Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Jonson Gallery, Illustrious Alumni, September - November 1989

Literature

Jane Livingston and Andrea Liguori, Eds., Richard Diebenkorn: The Catalogue Raisonné, Volume Four: Catalogue Entries 3762-5197, New Haven 2016, cat. no. 4642, p. 387, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The sheet is hinged intermittently on the reverse to the backing board and slightly undulated. There are artist's pinholes at the corners of the sheet. Under close inspection, there is evidence of a minor rubbing and a few, unobtrusive pinpoint surface accretions. Framed under Plexiglas.
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