Green (working proof 1)
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drypoint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 111.76 × 90.81 cm (44 × 35 3/4 in.) sheet: 128.59 × 101.6 cm (50 5/8 × 40 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2014.116.55
Art Historical Context
Richard Diebenkorn's *Green (working proof 1)* (1986) offers a fascinating glimpse into the late-career experimentation of one of America's foremost 20th-century painters. Born in 1922, Diebenkorn was a key figure in the Bay Area Figurative movement, evolving from bold abstract expressionism in the 1940s–50s to luminous, introspective landscapes and figures. By the 1980s, he embraced printmaking, collaborating with master printers to translate his fluid, light-infused style onto paper. This large-scale drypoint—measuring nearly 112 × 91 cm on the plate—is a working proof, an early state reveal...
About the Artist
Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Clifford Diebenkorn Jr. (1922-1993) was one of the premier American painters of the postwar era, whose deeply lyrical abstractions and figurative works evoked the shimmering light and wide-open spaces of California. Born in Portland, Oregon, and raised in San Francisco, Diebenkorn became a pivotal figure in elevating the status of California art on the international stage. His career encom...