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Combination [working proof 1]

1981

Richard Diebenkorn

Associated Names

Richard Diebenkorn

Artist, American, 1922 - 1993

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image displays bold, curving black shapes and lines on a lighter background. One part resembles a large abstract club shape, while a form in the top right corner suggests an abstract spade shape. The composition plays with familiar card symbols in an abstract manner, challenging the viewer to reconsider their recognizable forms. The lines and shapes interact within a roughly square boundary, creating an unusual and abstract exploration of these icons.

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Artwork overview

Medium

aquatint in black with chalk additions on wove paper [working proof]
Credit Line

Gift of Crown Point Press and the Artist, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

sheet: 78 x 55.9 cm (30 11/16 x 22 in.)
Accession Number

1991.235.1
Copyright

© Richard Diebenkorn Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1992

Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 100.

2013

Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1 Sep 2013 - 5 Jan 2014.

Bibliography

1997

Livingston, Jane. The Art of Richard Diebenkorn. Berkeley, 1997: 94, pl. 52.

2013

Brodie, Judith. "Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press." Bulletin / National Gallery of Art, no. 48 (Spring 2013): 34-35, repro.
Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 62, pl. 5.1.

Wikidata ID

Q75117724

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