Large Light Blue

1980

Richard Diebenkorn

Associated Names
Richard Diebenkorn

Artist, American, 1922 - 1993

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image displays geometric shapes and lines, including rectangles and curves, arranged in an abstract composition. A large blue rectangle is at the bottom, with smaller rectangles in red, orange, green, and pink stacked above and to the side. The design may evoke architectural blueprints or stained glass windows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    spitbite aquatint and softground etching on Rives Heavyweight Wite paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    image: 60.6 x 36.2 cm (23 7/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 101 x 67.3 cm (39 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.77.37

  • Copyright

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


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 178*.

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

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. 178*.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: OK to print; lower right in graphite: RD80; various printer's notations in graphite along bottom

Wikidata ID

Q75398820

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