The art of Richard Diebenkorn

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The art of Richard Diebenkorn

Jane Livingston ; with essays by John Elderfield, Ruth E. Fine, and Jane Livingston

Whitney Museum of American Art , University of California Press, c1997

  • : University of California : cloth
  • : Univeristy of California : pbk
  • : Whitney Museum

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Exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art on Oct. 9, 1997-Jan.11, 1998 ; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Feb. 8-Apr. 12, 1998 ; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., May 9-Aug. 16, 1998, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 9, 1998-Jan. 19, 1999

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270)

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Recognized as a major figure in postwar American painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was an artist strongly identified with California but whose work is beloved throughout the United States and the rest of the world. This catalogue is the most comprehensive volume on the artist now available. Jane Livingston's extensively researched biographical essay covers Diebenkorn's entire career and concentrates on the artist's inner life and purposes as revealed in his paintings. Ruth Fine deals primarily with the figurative aspect of Diebenkorn's work (1955-67), and John Elderfield concentrates on the Ocean Park period (1967-93). All three authors provide valuable insights based on their personal relationships with the artist and his widow, Phyllis. On both page and canvas, the reader can sense Diebenkorn's complexity and highly self-conscious working methods, as well as his formidable integrity. "The Art of Richard Diebenkorn" will give readers with an interest in all phases of modernism new thoughts about the relationship between abstraction and representation. Stunningly illustrated, with 192 full-color reproductions, this book is an exhilarating testament to a distinctive American artist.

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