The art of Richard Diebenkorn /
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| Author / Creator: | Livingston, Jane. |
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : Whitney Museum of American Art, New York in association with University of California Press, c1997. |
| Description: | 276 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2788094 |
| Summary: | Recognized as a major figure in postwar American painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was an artist strongly identified with California but whose work is beloved throughout the United States and the rest of the world. Published to coincide with the first retrospective of Diebenkorn's work since his death in 1993, this catalog will be the most comprehensive volume on the artist now available.<p>Jane Livingston's extensively researched biographical essay covers Diebenkorn's entire career and concentrates on the artist's inner life and purposes as revealed in his paintings. Ruth Fine deals primarily with the figurative aspect of Diebenkorn's work (1955-67), and John Elderfield concentrates on the Ocean Park period (1967-93). All three authors provide valuable insights based on their personal relationships with the artist and his widow, Phyllis. On both page and canvas, the reader can sense Diebenkorn's complexity and highly selfconscious working methods, as well as his formidable integrity.<p>The Art of Richard Diebenkorn will give readers with an interest in all phases of modernism new thoughts about the relationship between abstraction and representation. Stunningly illustrated, with 192 full-color reproductions, this book is an exhilarating testament to a distinctive American artist. |
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| Item Description: | "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Richard Diebenkorn' at the Whitney Museum of American Art, October 9, 1997-January 11, 1998"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | 276 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270). |
| ISBN: | 087427107X 0520212576 0520212584 |
