Lot 156
  • 156

Richard Diebenkorn

Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Diebenkorn
  • Seated Man
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 56; signed, titled and dated 1956 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 22 by 20 in. 55.9 by 50.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1956, this work will be included in the forthcoming Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné and is registered under estate number RD 1644.

Provenance

Poindexter Gallery, New York (acquired in 1958)
Ray S. Kashden, Neponsit, New York (acquired in 1958)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in April 1959)
By descent to the present owner from the above

Exhibited

San Francisco Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture Now, April - May 1957, cat. no. 69
New York, Poindexter Gallery, Recent Paintings, February – March 1958, no. 14
San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings 1961–1963, September - October 1963
Montreal, United States Embassy, Art in Embassies, January - December 1967 (Extended Loan)

Condition

The painting is in overall stable and good condition. Please refer to the following condition report prepared by Sayaka Fujioka.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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Catalogue Note

"It may seem momentarily magical that shapes, colors and variously applied paint can have the power autonomously that they do; but for power and magic man's painted image is supreme." - Richard Diebenkorn (Unpublished Studio Notes, undated note, Collection of Phyllis Diebenkorn)