Man and Woman in a Large Room
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Object Details
- Artist
- Richard Diebenkorn, American, b. Portland, Oregon, 1922–1993
- Provenance
- Poindexter Gallery, New York, to 10 March 1958
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 10 March 1958-17 May 1966
- Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
- Exhibition History
- POINDEXTER GALLERY, New York. "Richard Diebenkorn," 24 February-22 March 1958.
- FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Tallahassee. "New Directions in Painting," March 1959, p. 11. Tour: JOHN AND MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART, Sarasota, Florida, April 1959; NORTON GALLERY AND SCHOOL OF ART, West Palm Beach, Florida, May 1959.
- MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "New Images of Man," 29 September-29 November 1959, p. 58. Tour: BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, 9 January-7 February 1960.
- PASADENA ART MUSEUM. "Richard Diebenkorn," 6 September-6 October 1960, no. 28.
- CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, San Francisco. "Richard Diebenkorn," 22 October-27 November 1960, no. 28.
- CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh. "The 1961 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture," 27 October 1961-7 January 1962, no. 490.
- TATE GALLERY, London. "Painting and Sculpture of a Decade, 1954-1964," 22 April-28 June 1964, no. 244, p. 43.
- WASHINGTON GALLERY OF MODERN ART, Washington, DC. "Richard Diebenkorn," 6 November-31 December 1964, no. 26. Tour: JEWISH MUSEUM, New York, 13 January-21 February 1965; PAVILION GALLERY, Newport Beach, California, 14 March-15 April 1965.
- PROVIDENCE ART CLUB. :Critic's Choice: Art Since World War II," 31 March-24 April 1965, no. 17, p. 24.
- KATONAH GALLERY, New York. "American Painting, 1900-1976," 1 November 1975-11 September 1976, fig. 69.
- ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo. "Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943-1976," 12 November 1976-9 January 1977, no. 31, fig. 53, p. 33. Tour: CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, 31 January-20 March 1977; CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC, 15 April-23 May 1977; WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, 9 June-17 July 1977; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 9 August-25 September 1977; OAKLAND MUSEUM, 15 October-27 November 1977.
- GREY ART GALLERY AND STUDY CENTER, New York University. "The Figurative Mode: Bay Area Painting, 1956-1966," 27 March-28 April 1984, p. 48. Tour: NEWPORT HARBOR ART MUSEUM, Newport Beach, California, 20 June-15 September 1984.
- SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. "Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965," 14 December 1989-4 February 1990, fig. 3.20, pp. 53-55, 61, 222. TOUR: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 13 June-9 September; PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, 5 October-30 December 1990.
- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC. "America's Smithsonian: 150th Anniversary Exhibition, 1996-1998." Included in 4 stops of tour: LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER, 9 February-10 March 1996; KANSAS CITY CONVENTION CENTER, 10 April-19 May 1996; NEW YORK COLISEUM, 11 June-24 July 1996; RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION CENTER, Providence, 17 August-19 September 1996.
- DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco. "Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966," 22 June-29 September 2012, colorpl. 52, p. 129; p. 247 (did not tour to Palm Springs Art Museum).
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
- Published References
- SELZ, PETER. New Images of Man (New York: Doubleday and Co. and Museum of Modern Art, 1959), p. 58.
- UNSIGNED. "Color Spectacle: The Human Figure Returns in Separate Ways and Places," Life 52 (8 June 1962), p. 54.
- NEUMEYER, ALFRED. The Search for Meaning in Modern Art (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1964), p. 128, no. 33.
- LIPPARD, LUCY. "New York Letter," Art International 9 (March-April 1965), p. 48.
- UNSIGNED. "The Singing Colors and Evocative Scenes of Richard Diebenkorn," Amepnka (Published for distribution in the Soviet Union by the United States Information Agency), no. 110 (November 1965), p. 14.
- UNSIGNED. "The Singing Colors and Evocative Scenes of Richard Diebenkorn," Ameryka (Published for distribution in Poland by the United States Information Agency), no. 82 (November 1965).
- SELDIS, HENRY J. "A Great Art Gift to the Nation," Los Angeles Times (29 May 1966), p. 30.
- ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968), p. 537, no. 952.
- UNSIGNED. "Richard Clifford Diebenkorn," Current Biography 32 (December 1971), p. 7.
- HUNTER, SAM and JOHN JACOBUS. American Art of the 20th Century (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973), p. 224, no. 407.
- HOBBS, JACK. Art in Context (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1975), pp. 230-31, fig. 9-10.
- ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2nd ed., 1977), pp. 567-8, fig. 1002.
- HOBBS, JACK. Art in Context (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 2nd ed, 1980), pp. 214-5, fig. 8-12.
- UNSIGNED. Modern Masters Address Book (New York: Abbevillle Press, 1984).
- PREBELE, DUANE and SARAH PREBLE. Artforms (New York: Harper and Row, 1984), p. 395, fig. 451.
- HOBBS, JACK. Art in Context (San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 3rd ed., 1985), pp. 223-5, fig. 8-12.
- ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 3rd ed., 1986), p. 537, fig. 952.
- ZELLMAN, MICHAEL DAVID. American Art Analog (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986), p. 1017.
- NADELMAN, CYNTHIA. "California on Canvas," Elle (September 1986), p. 159.
- NORDLAND, GERALD. Richard Diebenkorn (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987), p. 118.
- ELDERFIELD, JOHN. The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1988), p. 16, fig. 3, p. 17.
- WARD, JOHN L. American Realist Painting, 1945-1980 (Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1989), pp. 81-91, fig. 43.
- OTTO G. OCVIRK, et al. Art Fundamentals (Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 6th ed., 1990), p. 40, fig. 2.51, p. 41.
- UNSIGNED. Richard Diebenkorn (Los Angeles: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, 1993), p. 70, fig. 21.
- MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN and JACQUELINE BLOCK. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design 2nd ed. (New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs/Prentice Hall, 1995), fig. A, p. 184.
- ZILCZER, JUDITH K. "Richard Diebenkorn," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), p. 92.
- BISHOP, JANET. David Park: A Retrospective (San Francisco Museum of Art in asscociation with University of California Press, 2019), fig. 10, p. 37 (color).
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 183, p. 202.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 66.1371
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 71 1/8 × 62 1/2 in. (180.7 × 158.8 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Bay Area Figuration
- On View
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_66.1371
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py26f3c818f-3f5d-4cfd-92fa-2e53dc7db670
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