The Art of Richard Diebenkorn

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art ; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Folio in brushed blue cloth boards and color illus jacket; 276 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm; bibliographical references (pages 267-270). Heavily illus in full color. Weighs 5 lbs when packed. Fine in about near fine partly sunned jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0520212576; 9780520212572

Exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art on Oct. 9, 1997-Jan. 11, 1998, and others.Contents: Foreword / David A. Ross -- Preface and acknowledgements / Jane Livingston -- Art of Richard Diebenkorn / Jane Livingston -- Reality: digested, transmuted, and twisted / Ruth E. Fine -- Leaving Ocean Park / John Elderfield -- Plates -- Selected exhibition history -- Selected bibliography -- Works in exhibition.;Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) quietly constructed a place for himself in the history of twentieth-century art with his singular vision and intense commitment to the idea and practice of both figuration and abstraction. In this book, which accompanies the Whitney Museum's 1997 Diebenkorn retrospective exhibition, the most comprehensive survey of his work ever held, Diebenkorn emerges as an artist who restored to late modernism the sense of the sublime that seemed to fade with each successive decade after World War II. In the 1940s and early 1950s, he forged an impressive abstract vocabulary -- and then suddenly abandoned it in 1955 for a representational mode that encompassed still lifes, landscapes, figures, and interiors. Along with painters David Park and Elmer Bischoff, he established what has come to be known as the Bay Area Figurative School. Twelve years later, in 1967, Diebenkorn moved back into abstraction, embarking on the renowned Ocean Park series of paintings and drawings that he continued to develop until the end of his life.Painting, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Painters -- United States -- 20th century -- Criticism and interpretation. | **Somewhat heavy or large item. 5 lbs. Additional shipping fees may be requested, especially for expedited, priority, or international orders. Please inquire**