Reclining Nude - Pink Stripe

Richard Diebenkorn  (American, Portland, Oregon 1922–1993 Berkeley, California)

Date:
1962
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (78.1 x 62.9 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2001
Accession Number:
2001.664
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: L.R.: RD 62 On recto of canvas: 22 (encircled) R. DIEBENKORN / RECLINING NUDE - PINK STRIPE / 1962

  • Provenance

    [Waddington Galleries, London, 1964]; ?private collection, Los Angeles (1964); sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 8, 1989, no. 57, bought in; sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 18, 1992, no. 117, for $82,500; Howard Rachofsky, Dallas (1992); [Richard Gray Gallery, New York, from 2000–2001; sold to MMA]

  • Exhibition History

    M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, ¦Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings 1961–1963¦, 7, September–13 October 1963, checklist no. 22

    Poindexter Gallery, NY, ¦Richard Diebenkorn¦, 29 October–16 November 1963, exh. no. 22;

    Bayonne Jewish Community Center, Bayonne, NJ, Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art: ¦Trends in Paintings¦, 24 February–6 March 1964, cat. no. 7

    Waddington Galleries, London, ¦Richard Diebenkorn¦, 29 September–24 October 1964, brochure, ill., exh. no. 13.

  • References

    Rolf-Gunter Dienst, "Artists Say 'Nudes Now': Ten Painters—Contemporary Approaches to the Figure," Art Voices, Summer 1966, 41

    Sabine Rewald, "Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 2001–2002," Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Autumn 2002, 43.

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