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Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993)
Lot 620 Masterpieces by Richard Diebenkorn: Property Sold to Benefit the Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation

Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993)

Untitled

Closed18 May 2018

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USD 696,500

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Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993)
Untitled
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'RD 85-87' (lower left)
gouache, wax crayon and graphite on paper
38 x 22 ¾ in. (96.5 x 57.7 cm.)
Executed in 1985-197.

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

Specialist note

“The pervasive use of linear incident and other drawing-based elements throughout the work forms a critical focus on both representation and abstraction. While the degree of continuity and change varies within each period and from period to period, the process of making marks that define space and form across a plane was essential to Diebenkorn’s approach at every stage of his career.”  (J. Livingston and A. Liguori, eds., Richard Diebenkorn: The Catalogue Raisonné, Volume One, New Haven and London, 2016, p. 119)