Richard Diebenkorn Paintings
Cityscape #1
Date:
1963 Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
60 1/4 x 50 1/2 in. (153 x 128.3 cm) Signed:
"10-31-63/R. Diebenkorn/Landscape #1 – 1963" reverse Current owner:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Credit Line:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Purchase with funds from Trustees and friends in memory of Hector Escobosa, Brayton Wilbur, and J. D. Zellerbach CR number:
3373 RD number:
1374 Exhibitions
- San Francisco Museum of Art, Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute 17 April 1964 - 17 May 1964
- Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C., Richard Diebenkorn 06 November 1964 - 31 December 1964
- The Jewish Museum, New York, Richard Diebenkorn 13 January 1965 - 21 February 1965
- Pavillion Gallery, Newport Beach, Richard Diebenkorn 14 March 1965 - 15 April 1965
- The White House, White House Festival of the Arts Exhibition 14 June 1965 - 15 June 1965
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., White House Festival of the Arts Exhibition 19 June 1965 - 11 July 1965
- Richmond Art Center, Richmond, Calif., Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Art 10 July 1967 - 31 July 1967
- University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Painting as Painting 18 February 1968 - 01 April 1968
- San Francisco Museum of Art, Museum Collections: Art of the Fifties and Sixties 09 May 1969 - 08 June 1969
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era 03 September 1976 - 21 November 1976
- National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era 20 May 1977 - 11 September 1977
- Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Representations of America 15 December 1977 - 15 February 1978
- Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Representations of America 15 March 1978 - 15 May 1978
- The Palace of Art, Minsk, Representations of America 15 June 1978 - 15 August 1978
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Facets of the Collection: Masterpieces and Recent Acquisitions 14 August 1981 - 15 November 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
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The 20th Century: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Collection 09 December 1984 - 17 February 1985
- Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Works on Paper 14 October 1989 - 03 December 1989
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950–1965 14 December 1989 - 04 February 1990
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950–1965 13 June 1990 - 09 September 1990
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950–1965 05 October 1990 - 30 December 1990
- Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Richard Diebenkorn 04 October 1991 - 01 December 1991
- Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Richard Diebenkorn 10 January 1992 - 08 March 1992
- Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Richard Diebenkorn 28 March 1992 - 31 May 1992
- Städtische Galerie im Städel, Frankfurt, Richard Diebenkorn 25 June 1992 - 23 August 1992
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Richard Diebenkorn 13 September 1992 - 01 November 1992
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Richard Diebenkorn 19 November 1992 - 24 January 1993
- 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
- Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, California Classics: Highlights from the Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 10 July 1999 - 08 August 1999
- Fukui City Art Museum, California Classics: Highlights from the Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 14 August 1999 - 12 September 1999
- Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, California Classics: Highlights from the Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 19 September 1999 - 24 October 1999
- Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, California Classics: Highlights from the Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 31 October 1999 - 05 December 1999
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 75 Years of Looking Forward: The Anniversary Show 19 December 2009 - 16 January 2011
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Calif., Contemporary Painting, 1960 to the Present: Selections from the SFMOMA Collection 18 May 2012 - 12 August 2012
- 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
- Royal Academy of Arts, London, Richard Diebenkorn 15 March 2015 - 07 June 2015
- Baltimore Museum of Art, Md., Matisse/Diebenkorn 23 October 2016 - 29 January 2017
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Calif., Matisse/Diebenkorn 11 March 2017 - 29 May 2017
- Artsy, Richard Diebenkorn: Special Online Presentation 09 May 2020 - 12 September 2020
Bibliography
- Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, April–June 1964 The Art Quarterly, 1964
- Richard Diebenkorn 1964
- Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute 1964
- Artist Richard Diebenkorn Shows Paintings at Stanford Palo Alto Times, 9 April 1964
- Diebenkorn Presents Excellent One-Man Show Washington Post, 15 November 1964
- Diebenkorn Exhibit Opens Newporter, 12 March 1965
- The Development of Richard Diebenkorn Los Angeles Times, 11 April 1965
- Symfonia koloru i nastrój zadumy Richard Diebenkorn Ameryka, November 1965
- Ричард Дибенкорн, Мастер Поющих Красок Америка, November 1965
- Painting as Painting 1968
- A History of American Art 1970
- Catalog of the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture 1970
- People's Lobby for the Arts San Francisco Business, October 1972
- Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era 1976
- The Two Faces of California Newsweek, 6 September 1976
- Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings, 1943–1976 1976
- Cities 1977
- To See with the Soul of the Eye Landscape, 1979
- Discovering Art History 1981
- Richard Diebenkorn and the Humanly Abstract Artweek, 2 July 1983
- Diebenkorn: A Painter's 'Pentimento' United, June 1983
- Resource/Response/Reservoir—Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings 1948–1983 1983
- California Letter: Richard Diebenkorn at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Studio International, August 1983
- The Figurative Mode: Bay Area, 1956–1966 1984
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and Sculpture Collection 1985
- Gazetteer Nob Hill Gazette, January 1985
- Wayne Thiebaud 1985
- Almost Free of the Mirror New Yorker, 7 September 1987
- Richard Diebenkorn 1987
- Richard Diebenkorn 1989
- American Realist Painting, 1945–1980 1989
- Report from San Francisco: Figures by the Bay Art in America, November 1990
- Figuratively Peaking: California School Leaves Its Mark in a Show That Captures a Postwar Era Chicago Tribune, 16 August 1990
- Back to the Figure: Diebenkorn, Bischoff, Park and the Bay Area Rebellion of 1950–65 Washington Post, 17 June 1990
- Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950–1965 1990
- Country Boy in Downtown Traffic Christian Science Monitor, 1 April 1991
- Richard Diebenkorn: Ocean Park 1992
- The Eagle Bird: Mapping a New West 1992
- American Realism 1994
- New History of World Art: Futurism, Surrealism 1996
- The Art of Richard Diebenkorn 1997
- A Painter Unafraid to Change Styles New York Times, 10 October 1997
- The Annotated Calendar: Art New York Times, 7 September 1997
- Reviews: Richard Diebenkorn, Whitney Museum of American Art Artforum International, September 1997
- Richard Diebenkorn Modern Painters, Winter 1997
- Lush California: Richard Diebenkorn Captured a State of Being San Jose Mercury News, 1 November 1998
- A Sense of Place, with Ocean View Capital Times, 16 January 1998
- The Diebenkorn Debate San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, 4–10 October 1998
- Richard Diebenkorn: A Reasoned Sensuality Art in America, October 1998
- Richard Diebenkorn Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: Calendar, January–March 1998
- Best Bets Press Democrat, 4 October 1998
- Art in the City: San Francisco Hosts a Wealth of Works by Modern Masters Press Democrat, 22 November 1998
- Richard Diebenkorn and the Art of Crossing Borders Revue, Fall 1998
- Diebenkorn: A Different Drummer World and I, February 1998
- SF Exhibitions Hold Wealth of Artistic Riches Modesto Bee, 25 October 1998
- Opening Exhibitions: Richard Diebenkorn San Francisco Museum of Modern Art News, September–October 1998
- Diebenkorn in the Age of Rauschenberg Salmagundi, Fall 1998
- The Essentials San Francisco, October 1998
- A Path of His Own Stanford Magazine, May–June 1998
- Radiance and Grandeur: Diebenkorn Show at SFMOMA Conveys His Brilliant Merging of Landscape and Abstraction San Francisco Chronicle, 9 October 1998
- Diebenkorn and the Cult of Originality Threepenny Review, Spring 1998
- Coming Home Washingtonian, May 1998
- Richard Diebenkorn American Art Review, May–June 1998
- Richard Diebenkorn at the Whitney New Criterion, January 1998
- San Francisco: La grille sur les collines 1999
- California Classics: Highlights from the Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1999
- Wayne Thiebaud: A Paintings Retrospective 2000
- GRAM Acquires Turn-of-the-Century Painting Grand Rapids Press, 26 August 2001
- Hartman Flies High with His Artistic Breakthrough San Francisco Chronicle, 28 September 2002
- City by the Bay: San Francisco in Art and Literature 2002
- Cézanne Is to Diebenkorn as Joyce Is to Joyce: Realizing the Modernist Imagination James Joyce Quarterly, Winter 2002
- Ed Ruscha 2003
- How to Read a Modern Painting: Lessons from the Modern Masters 2006
- Colourfield Painting: Minimal, Cool, Hard Edge, Serial and Post-Painterly Abstract Art of the Sixties to the Present 2007
- 501 Great Artists 2008
- Gustave Caillebotte: Neue Perspektiven des Impressionismus 2009
- Diebenkorn Country: The Ocean Park Series ArtUS, 2010
- Man about Town Independent, 23 April 2011
- Evolution of a Singular Figure Los Angeles Times, 13 November 2013
- On Exhibit, from Ancient Arts to Sound and Video New York Times, 21 March 2013
- Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966 San Francisco Arts Quarterly, May–July 2013
- Developing a Style—or Three Art and Antiques, June 2013
- Eye Entertainment Guide: 'Berkeley Years' Finds An Artist Between Worlds San Jose Mercury News, 27 June–3 July 2013
- Diebenkorn Does Berkeley East Bay Monthly, August 2013
- Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966 Fine Arts: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Summer 2013
- Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966 2013
- Diebenkorn's Berkeley of the Mind Bay Area Reporter, 4–10 July 2013
- Landscape/Cityscape 2014
- How to Read Paintings: A Crash Course in Meaning and Method 2014
- Richard Diebenkorn: Still Lifes and Landscapes 2014
- Visionary Geometry: Encounters with the Painting of Richard Diebenkorn Redwood Coast Review, Winter 2014
- Richard Diebenkorn 2015
- Long Day's Journey into Light Observer New Review, 15 March 2015
- Lovely Imperfection Guardian, 28 February 2015
- Journeying Through the Abstract and Into the Light Daily Telegraph, 10 March 2015
- Exhibitions: Richard Diebenkorn Spectator, 21 March 2015
- California Blues and Greens Wall Street Journal Europe, 13 March 2015
- Great Works Independent, 25 April 2015
- Painting on the Threshold Royal Academy of Arts Magazine, Spring 2015
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360°: Views on the Collection 2016
- Richard Diebenkorn: The Catalogue Raisonné 2016
- The Changeable Californian: On Richard Diebenkorn TheArtNewspaper.com, 12 December 2016
- Matisse/Diebenkorn 2016
- Watching Diebenkorn Follow, Then Pass, Matisse Washington Post, 27 January 2017
- Masters Across the Decades Wall Street Journal, 13 March 2017
- Dance of Anxiety City Paper (Baltimore), 11–18 January 2017
- 'Matisse/Diebenkorn' At the Baltimore Museum of Art The Hopkins Review, Fall 2017
- Richard Diebenkorn: A Retrospective 2019
- Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art March 2025
Description
The archival image is an installation photograph of the artist’s solo exhibition, Richard Diebenkorn, at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D.C., 1964 © Richard Diebenkorn Foundation