Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): RD 70
the artist (from 1970; to Marlborough); [Marlborough Gallery, New York, by 1971–72; sold to MMA]
New York. Marlborough Gallery. "Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series, Recent Work," December 4–31, 1971, no. 5.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Accessions, 1967–1974," March 7–April 23, 1974, no catalogue.
Richmond. Virginia Museum. "Twelve American Painters," September 30–October 27, 1974, unnumbered cat. (p. 14).
Buffalo. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. "Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976," November 12, 1976–January 9, 1977, no. 68.
Cincinnati Art Museum. "Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976," January 24–March 20, 1977, no. 68.
Washington, D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976," April 15–May 23, 1977, no. 68.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976," June 9–July 17, 1977, no. 68.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976," August 9–September 25, 1977, no. 68.
Oakland, Calif. Oakland Museum. "Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976," October 15–November 27, 1977, no. 68.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Recent Acquisitions: Twentieth Century Art Department," October 16, 1979–January 30, 1980, no catalogue.
New York. Gagosian Gallery. "Richard Diebenkorn: Ocean Park Paintings," November 5, 1992–January 9, 1993, unnumbered cat. (p. 46).
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. "Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series," September 25, 2011–January 22, 2012, no. 18 (as "Ocean Park #30").
John L. Hess. "Secret Art Trade Cost Metropolitan 6 Pictures, Not 2, as First Reported." New York Times (January 14, 1973), p. 55.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Report on Art Transactions, 1971–1973 (June 20, 1973), pp. 4–6, 14–16.
Henry Geldzahler in "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1965–1975. New York, 1975, p. 219, ill.
Henry Geldzahler. "Creating a New Department." The Chase, the Capture: Collecting at the Metropolitan. New York, 1975, p. 224.
Calvin Tomkins. The Scene: Reports on Post-Modern Art. New York, 1976, p. 30.
F. Neugass. "Zehn Jahre Neuerwerbungen des Metropoitan Museums, New York." Weltkunst 46 (April 1976), p. 602.
Steven W. Naifeh. Culture Making: Money, Success, and the New York Art World. Vol. 2, Princeton University Undergraduate Studies in History. Princeton, N.J., 1976, p. 88.
Henry J. Seldis. "Diebenkorn's Triumphant Retrospective." Los Angeles Times (August 21, 1977), p. 78.
Robert T. Buck, Jr. "Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Paintings." Art International 22 (Summer 1978), ill. p. 31, calls it "Ocean Park No. 30".
Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque et al. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 9, The United States of America. New York, 1987, pp. 142–43, colorpl. 108.
Gerald Nordland. Richard Diebenkorn. New York, 1987, ill. p. 159 (color).
Amei Wallach. "It's Modern's Time at the Metropolitan." Newsday (January 4, 1987), p. II/11.
Jack Flam. Richard Diebenkorn: Ocean Park. Exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery. New York, 1992, pp. 26, 46, ill. p. 47 (color), calls it "Ocean Park No. 30".
Barbara Burn, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. 2nd rev. ed. (1st ed., 1983). New York, 1994, p. 448, no. 30, ill. (color).
Henry Geldzahler. Making It New: Essays, Interviews, and Talks. New York, 1994, pp. 84–85 (reprint of Ref. Geldzahler 1975 essay).
Lee Seldes. The Legacy of Mark Rothko. Updated edition (1st ed., 1978). New York, 1996, pp. 158–59.
Kenneth Baker. "Deep in the Heart of 'Ocean Park'." San Francisco Chronicle (October 1, 2011), p. E1, discusses Exh. Fort Worth 2011.
John Brandenburg. "Texas Museum Hosts Works by Diebenkorn." Oklahoman (December 25, 2011), p. 4D, calls it "#30".
Laura Garrard. "Richard Diebenkorn." Colorfield Painting: Minimal, Cool, Hard Edge, Serial and Post-Painterly Abstract Art of the Sixties to the Present. (1st ed., 2007). Kent, 2012, p. 113, calls it "Ocean Park No. 30".
Jane Livingston and Andrea Liguori, ed. Richard Diebenkorn: The Catalogue Raisonné. Vol. 4, Catalogue Entries 3762–5197. New Haven, [2016], p. 107, no. 4019, ill. (color).
Richard Diebenkorn (American, Portland, Oregon 1922–1993 Berkeley, California)
1980
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