Richard Diebenkorn

M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Private Collection, New York

New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Richard Diebenkorn, January 1982, no. 47
New York, Leslie Feely Fine Art, Drawings by Henri Matisse and Richard Diebenkorn, April - June 2012

This work is in very good condition overall. There are pinholes on the corners and edges. There is light undulation to the sheet consistent with the artist's use of medium. There is light evidence of wear and handling around the edges. The colors appear richer with stronger contrast in the background in the original, specifically in the central form, than in the catalogue illustration. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte intermittently along the edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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"In 1981 I did accept both a theme and a motif in the form of the black playing card pips, clubs and spades. I had used these signs in my work almost from my beginnings, but always peripherally, incidentally, and perhaps whimsically. So at this point I dealt with them directly - as theme and variation. I discovered that these symbols had for me a much greater emotional charge than I realized. I had intended to involve myself with them only briefly but found that their impetus kept me with them almost a year and a half." - Richard Diebenkorn