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02.25.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsInspired by Albuquerque: Diebenkorn’s Untitled, 1950
Richard Diebenkorn/Grey Art Gallery NYU
Excerpted from the Village Voice
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by R.C. Baker
February 19th, 2008 12:00 AM
For pure aesthetic pleasure, it’d be tough to top the 40 paintings and drawings that California artist Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) completed during a stint in New Mexico from 1950 to 1952. Already a skilled […] -
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The Phillips’ two 1971 Diebenkorns
Excerpted From Tyler Green’s Modern Art Notes - February 21, 2008
When I left off yesterday, I was writing about Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Park No. 38. More specifically I was trying to perform some kind of archeology on it in an effort to ’solve’ the painting, particularly its dominant diagonal.No. 38 isn’t the only 1971 Diebenkorn […] -
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Ocean Park No. 38 at the Phillips
Excerpted From Tyler Green’s Modern Art Notes - February 21, 2008
So on Saturday afternoon I found myself at the Phillips Collection, which had just installed a show of recent acquisitions that might as well have been subtitled, “While you’re here, perhaps you can explain to us what in the name of Duncan Arthur Phillips three […]
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