Untitled [female nude in prone position: buttocks and legs]

1955-1967

Richard Diebenkorn

Artist, American, 1922 - 1993

A nude woman lies on her belly, her chest disappearing off the right edge of the peach-tinted paper in this horizontal drawing. We look slightly down on her body as she rests her left foot against the other shin. Her buttocks, straight right leg, and bent left leg are heavily outlined and shading is sketched in. Her torso seems to torque toward us, and single lines capture the profile of her belly and perhaps her right arm and elbow, on which she is propped. At left center an oval, red stamp reads, "ARCHIVAL RD MATERIAL."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithographic crayon on calendered paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Phyllis Diebenkorn

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.9 x 40.6 cm (11 x 16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.141.472

  • Copyright

    © the Estate of Richard Diebenkorn

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

by descent to Phyllis Diebenkorn, the artist's wife, Healdsburg, CA; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite: 6524 (Estate no.)

Wikidata ID

Q64627626

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