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
- 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
- Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, April–June 1964 The Art Quarterly, 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
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