
Blue
1984
This vibrant color woodcut by Richard Diebenkorn features bold, expansive fields of cobalt blue anchored by geometric forms in white, red, and golden yellow. The composition reflects Diebenkorn's celebrated Ocean Park series sensibility, translated into the printmaking medium with characteristic mastery of planar abstraction and color relationships. Part of a limited edition of 200, this work demonstrates the artist's ability to evoke depth and luminosity through flat, intersecting color planes. It is a highly collectible example of Diebenkorn's printmaking practice from the final decade of his career.
- Medium
- Color woodcut
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Art Fair · Galerie Maximillian
Notes
Work is framed with white mat and dark wood frame. A wall label to the right of the work is partially visible but not fully legible. Presented at Galerie Maximillian.
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Wayne Thiebaud
American · b. 1920

Thiebaud created color woodcuts and prints with bold flat planes of saturated color and geometric clarity that closely parallel Diebenkorn's approach in this piece. His printmaking work shares the same luminous color relationships and crisp planar structure seen in this cobalt and red composition.

Josef Albers
German American · b. 1888

Albers devoted his career to exploring how flat intersecting color planes create optical depth and luminosity, precisely the qualities Diebenkorn achieves in this woodcut with its cobalt blue, white, and golden yellow fields. His print series share the same geometric abstraction and rigorous investigation of color relationships.

Ellsworth Kelly
American · b. 1923

Kelly produced color lithographs and woodcuts featuring expansive flat fields of bold saturated color anchored by clean geometric edges, a visual language nearly identical to what Diebenkorn employs in this blue and red composition. Both artists used printmaking to explore how pure color planes create tension and spatial depth without illusionistic representation.
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