Untitled (CR 1456)
1955
A gestural abstract work from 1955 by Bay Area Figurative Movement master Richard Diebenkorn. The composition features bold ink forms suggesting everyday objects like a coffee cup and heart motif, executed with spontaneous brushwork characteristic of his early works on paper. Signed "RD 55" lower left with numbering on verso, this intimate work demonstrates Diebenkorn's exploration of abstracted still life elements.
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- ink on paper
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Franz Kline
American · b. 1910
Kline worked with bold black ink and gestural brushwork on paper to create spontaneous abstract compositions that share the same raw energy and monochromatic immediacy seen in this Diebenkorn piece. His intimate works on paper similarly balance abstract mark making with suggestions of recognizable form.
Nathan Oliveira
American · b. 1928
A fellow Bay Area Figurative Movement artist, Oliveira created gestural ink and wash drawings that occupy the same territory between abstraction and figuration as this Diebenkorn work, with similarly spontaneous brushwork and a focus on intimate small scale works on paper.
Giorgio Morandi
Italian · b. 1890
Morandi's ink drawings of everyday objects like bottles and cups share the same quiet contemplative quality and abstracted still life vocabulary present in this piece, using economical mark making to suggest humble domestic forms with great sensitivity.
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