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RICHARD DIEBENKORN | Blue Surround
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Richard Diebenkorn
- Blue Surround
- signed with the artist's initials, dated 82 and numbered 17/35
- color aquatint with etching and drypoint on Rives BFK wove paper
- 35 by 26 1/4 in. 88.9 by 66.7 cm.
- Executed in 1982, this work is number 17 from an edition of 35, plus 10 artist's proofs. This work was donated to the (RED) Auction by Bank of America.
Condition
This work is in excellent condition overall. The sheet is hinged intermittently verso to the mat. Only visible under close inspection, the sheet is very slightly undulated. The print is window-matted and framed under Plexiglas.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Richard Diebenkorn was one of the key figures in a transformation that took place in the 1950s: the rise of California Art to rival New York Abstract Expressionism. Diebenkorn developed a unique form of Northern California realism, now referred to as the Bay Area Figurative School. But it was in the late 1960s until his death in 1993 that he worked in a uniquely expressed form inspired by the light-filled landscape of Southern California; The Ocean Park series of paintings and prints. His colors and surfaces formed an elegant balance between geometric planes and the order of the natural environment. His structured compositions never lost the sense of fluid space nor the mood that humanized abstraction. Blue Surround shows broad bands of color that stretch across the surface of the paper evoking the beach, air and light of Diebenkorn’s California space.