High Green Version I

1992

Richard Diebenkorn

Associated Names
Richard Diebenkorn

Artist, American, 1922 - 1993

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image consists of geometric shapes and lines, mainly triangles and rectangles intersecting and overlapping each other. It is filled with hues of blue, green, beige, and red. The angles and colors create an architectural feel, resembling a fragmented landscape or urban skyline. The shapes are irregular and resemble buildings and streets viewed from a high vantage point.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint with spitbite, softground, hardground, and soapground etching and sugarlift aquatint, scraping and burnishing, with a pasted-down collage element, on Somerset Soft White paper

  • Credit Line

    Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund and Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 101 x 57.5 cm (39 3/4 x 22 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 134 x 85.4 cm (52 3/4 x 33 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.77.98

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1996 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 184*.

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

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997-1998: no. 184*.

2013

  • Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 75, pl. 8.2.

Wikidata ID

Q75398346

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