Berkeley No. 52

1955

Richard Diebenkorn

Associated Names
Richard Diebenkorn

Artist, American, 1922 - 1993

This painting displays layered shapes with bold brushstrokes and swathes of color. Different colors, including green, light purple, yellow, peach, light blue, and orange, create thick horizontal bands. Between these thick bands are thinner lines of red, white, or black, roughly separating the different areas. The brushstrokes are thick and visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    overall: 148.9 x 136.8 cm (58 5/8 x 53 7/8 in.)
    framed: 156.1 x 151.3 x 6.3 cm (61 7/16 x 59 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.68.1

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Acquavella Galleries, New York); purchased by the NGA Collectors Committee; gift 1986 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Richard Diebenkorn, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1997-1999, no. 86, repro.

2009

  • Extended loan for use by President Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C., 2009-2017.

Bibliography

1989

  • Strick, Jeremy. Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building. Washington, D.C., 1989: 80, repro. 81.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 159, repro.

2004

  • Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: v, 402-403, 450-451, no. 378, color repros.

Inscriptions

lower left: RD55

Wikidata ID

Q20194770

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