Richard Diebenkorn Paintings
Figure on a Porch
Date:
                                        1959                                    Medium:
                                            Oil on canvas
                                        Dimensions:
                                            57 x 62 in. (144.8 x 157.5 cm)                                        Signed:
                                                "RD 59" lower left; "R Diebenkorn/1959" reverse                                            Current owner:
                                            Oakland Museum of California
                                        Credit Line:
                                            Oakland Museum of California, Gift of the Anonymous Donor Program of the American Federation of the Arts                                        CR number:
                                            2721                                        RD number:
                                            1254                                        Exhibitions
                                        - Oakland Art Museum, Calif., California Figurative Paintings 08 October 1961 - 29 October 1961
 - Seattle World's Fair, Art since 1950, American 21 April 1962 - 21 October 1962
 - Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., Art since 1950, American 21 November 1962 - 23 December 1962
 - Monterey Peninsula Chapter, American Federation of Arts, [title unknown] 12 March 1963 - 10 April 1963
 - Keith Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, Calif., [title unknown] 01 October 1963 - 01 October 1963
 - Universidad nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, II Bienal americana de arte 25 September 1964 - 12 October 1964
 - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976 12 November 1976 - 09 January 1977
 - Cincinnati Art Museum, Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976 31 January 1977 - 20 March 1977
 - Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976 15 April 1977 - 23 May 1977
 - Whitney Museum, Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976 09 June 1977 - 17 July 1977
 - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976 09 August 1977 - 25 September 1977
 - Oakland Museum of California, Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976 15 October 1977 - 27 November 1977
 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Calif., Westcoast: Art from the Vice President's House 15 March 1980 - 23 March 1980
 - The Vice President's Residence and Office, Washington, D.C., Westcoast: Art from the Vice President's House 16 April 1980 - 01 February 1981
 - National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., Westcoast: Art from the Vice President's House 20 February 1981 - 05 May 1981
 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Resource/Response/Reservoir—Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings, 1948–1983 13 May 1983 - 17 July 1983
 - Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York, The Figurative Mode: Bay Area Painting, 1956–1966 27 March 1984 - 28 April 1984
 - Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, Calif., The Figurative Mode: Bay Area Painting, 1956–1966 20 June 1984 - 15 September 1984
 - Oakland Museum of California, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980 15 June 1985 - 18 August 1985
 - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Richard Diebenkorn 09 October 1997 - 19 January 1998
 - Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Richard Diebenkorn 08 February 1998 - 12 April 1998
 - Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Richard Diebenkorn 09 May 1998 - 16 August 1998
 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Richard Diebenkorn 09 October 1998 - 19 January 1999
 - Oakland Museum of California, Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA 13 October 2007 - 16 March 2008
 - M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966 22 June 2013 - 29 September 2013
 - Palm Springs Art Museum, Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966 26 October 2013 - 16 February 2014
 - Oakland Museum of California, Fertile Ground: Art and Community in California 20 September 2014 - 12 April 2015
 
Bibliography
                                        - [No title] Oakland Tribune, 15 October 1961
 - Crowds Jam Seattle Fair Exhibits Chicago Tribune, 25 April 1962
 - American Art since 1950 Artforum, September 1962
 - The New Oakland Museum Artforum, December 1964
 - II Bienal Americana de Arte 1964
 - Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976 1976
 - Doomsday in the Bright Sun San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle, 16 October 1977
 - Richard Diebenkorn Retrospective: Warmly Received in LA County Santa Barbara News and Review, 25 August 1977
 - The Geometry of Richard Diebenkorn Oakland Tribune, 16 October 1977
 - Diebenkorn Reconsidered Artforum, March 1977
 - Amazing Grace Newsweek, 20 June 1977
 - Diebenkorn—Fields of Color Daily Californian, 11 November 1977
 - November Exhibits The Museum of California, November 1977
 - Richard Diebenkorn: 38th Venice Biennial 1978, United States Pavilion 1978
 - Vice President's House 1980
 - Mrs. Mondale Displays the New Art at Her Home New York Times, 17 April 1980
 - Joan Mondale Selects for Washington Artweek, 29 March 1980
 - Resource/Response/Reservoir—Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings 1948–1983 1983
 - The American Scene: Strength in Reserve Amtrak Express, October 1983
 - California Letter: Richard Diebenkorn at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Studio International, August 1983
 - Diebenkorn's Figurative Straitjacket San Francisco Examiner, 16 May 1983
 - Diebenkorn Looks Back and Ahead Oakland Tribune Calendar, 29 May 1983
 - The Art of California: Selected Works from the Collection of the Oakland Museum 1984
 - Works by Richard Diebenkorn in the Collection of the Oakland Museum with the Howard E. Johnson Bequest 1984
 - The Figurative Mode: Bay Area, 1956–1966 1984
 - Commemorating a Critic's Eye Artweek, 13 July 1985
 - Exhibit Captures the Glory, Now Past, of Bay Area Art San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 1985
 - Richard Diebenkorn: The Idea Is to Get Everything Right Art News, November 1986
 - Collecting California Horizon, January–February 1987
 - Paintings of California 1993
 - Richard Diebenkorn Independent, 4 April 1993
 - Masterpieces: The Best-Loved Paintings from America's Museums 1995
 - Fathers and Children: In Literature and Art 1995
 - The Art of Richard Diebenkorn 1997
 - Retrospectives Affirm the Impact of Two Abstractionists Philadelphia Inquirer, 30 November 1997
 - Triumph of the Middle Brow San Francisco Examiner, 15 June 1997
 - Richard Diebenkorn and the Art of Crossing Borders Revue, Fall 1998
 - California Art: 450 Years of Painting and Other Media 1998
 - I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory 1999
 - Sunshine Muse: Art on the West Coast, 1945–1970 1999
 - Like Breathing: A Conversation with Olga Chaffee Christian Science Journal, April 2005
 - Cézanne, d'un siécle à l'autre 2006
 - Exhibit Celebrates Centennial of California College of the Arts Contra Costa Times, 18 October 2007
 - Artists of Invention: A Century of CAA American Artist, December 2007
 - Street Date: Oak Street and Lakeside Drive, Oakland San Francisco Chronicle, 30 September–3 October 2010
 - A Showcase of Sublime Lines Dallas Morning News, 17 October 2011
 - Evolution of a Singular Figure Los Angeles Times, 13 November 2013
 - Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966 2013
 - Diebenkorn's Berkeley of the Mind Bay Area Reporter, 4–10 July 2013
 - Inimitable Diebenkorn San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2013
 - Artist's Many Dimensions Get Their Due San Francisco Chronicle, 9–15 June 2013
 - Developing a Style—or Three Art and Antiques, June 2013
 - An Influential Period San Jose Mercury News, 20–26 June 2013
 - Eye Entertainment Guide: Art Doesn't Stop for Summer San Jose Mercury News, 20–26 June 2013
 - Eye Entertainment Guide: 'Berkeley Years' Finds An Artist Between Worlds San Jose Mercury News, 27 June–3 July 2013
 - Richard Diebenkorn: The Catalogue Raisonné 2016