Artist Monograph

Richard Diebenkorn, American

American, 1922–1993

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	18	46.2%
Etching	10	25.6%
Other Media	3	7.7%
Oil Painting	3	7.7%
Watercolor	2	5.1%
Drawing	2	5.1%
Printmaking	1	2.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	36	92.3%
Painting & Sculpture	3	7.7%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 25
Illustrated Book — 7
Drawing — 4
Painting — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	9	23.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	26	66.7%
Large (1–3 m)	4	10.3%

Range: 21.3 cm → 254.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1969	13
1973	1
1974	2
1979	4
1980	2
1984	2
1987	2
1988	1
1990	8
1992	1
1999	1
2004	1
2005	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 39 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Print Acc. 860.1978	1950	Linoleum cut	composition 12 11/16 x 8 1/2" (32.3 x 21.6 cm) sheet 12 15/16 x 8 1/2" (33 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Margareta Akermark
Berkeley, 46 Painting Acc. 188.1973	1955	Oil on canvas	58 7/8 x 61 7/8" (149.6 x 157.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips
Untitled Print Acc. 837.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 7/8 × 15 7/8" (48 × 40.3 cm); sheet: 29 1/4 × 20 5/8" (74.3 × 52.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled Print Acc. 838.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 7/8 × 15 7/8" (47.9 × 40.3 cm); sheet: 27 1/2 × 20 13/16" (69.9 × 52.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled Print Acc. 839.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 12 1/8 × 17 1/8" (30.8 × 43.5 cm); sheet: 15 3/16 × 20 3/16" (38.5 × 51.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled Print Acc. 840.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 7/8 × 13 1/8" (48 × 33.4 cm); sheet: 22 11/16 × 16 1/8" (57.6 × 40.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
L.A. Landscape Print Acc. 846.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 8 7/8 × 13 9/16" (22.5 × 34.5 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 × 16 1/8" (29 × 41 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Landscape with Awning Print Acc. 843.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 9 1/2 × 13 9/16" (24.1 × 34.4 cm); sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 1/4" (31.1 × 41.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
M. W. Print Acc. 848.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 1/16 × 9 3/4" (33.2 × 24.8 cm); sheet: 23 1/8 × 17 7/16" (58.7 × 44.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Nude Print Acc. 847.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 16 7/16 × 12 9/16" (41.8 × 31.9 cm); sheet: 19 1/4 × 14 15/16" (48.9 × 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Reclining Figure I Print Acc. 841.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 20 3/8 × 14 15/16" (51.7 × 37.9 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 × 15 13/16" (56.8 × 40.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Reclining Figure II Print Acc. 842.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 20 1/4 × 14 3/8" (51.4 × 36.5 cm); sheet: 26 × 19" (66.1 × 48.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Reclining Woman Print Acc. 845.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 3/16 × 22 5/8" (33.5 × 57.5 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 28 1/16" (49 × 71.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Seascape Print Acc. 844.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 9/16 × 12 13/16" (47.1 × 32.5 cm); sheet: 21 5/16 × 15" (54.1 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Sleeping Girl Print Acc. 849.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 9 5/16 × 12 15/16" (23.7 × 32.8 cm); sheet (slightly irreg.): 15 × 18 9/16" (38.1 × 47.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Large Still Life Painting Acc. 315.2004	1963	Oil on canvas	64 1/2 x 70 1/4" (163.8 x 178.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Family of Richard Diebenkorn
No. 10 from the portfolio 41 Etchings and Drypoints Print Acc. 212.1984	1965	Etching and drypoint	plate: 10 15/16 x 6 13/16" (27.8 x 17.3 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 7/8" (45 x 37.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emilio Sanchez
Seated Woman Drawing Acc. 253.1990	(1966)	Synthetic polymer paint and charcoal on board	31 x 19 7/8" (78.8 x 50.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Ocean Park Print Acc. 583.1980	1969	Lithograph	composition 24 1/16 x 18 3/4" (61.1 x 47.7 cm); sheet 24 1/16 x 18 3/4" (61.1 x 47.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Oresman (through the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books)
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1565.2005	1970	Charcoal, gouache, and watercolor on paper	23 3/8 x 19" (59.4 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Print Acc. 310.1970	1970	Lithograph	composition: 28 1/8 × 18 7/8" (71.5 × 47.9 cm); sheet: 29 5/16 × 18 7/8" (74.4 × 47.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled Print Acc. 311.1970	1970	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 26 5/16 × 18 7/8" (66.9 × 47.9 cm); sheet: 30 1/8 × 22 7/16" (76.5 × 57 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (Ocean Park) Drawing Acc. 375.1984	1977	Synthetic polymer paint, gouache, watercolor, cut-and-pasted paper, and pencil on cut-and-pasted paper	18 5/8 x 33" (47.4 x 84 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Aquatint with Drypoint Halo Print Acc. 136.1979	1978	Aquatint and drypoint	plate: 23 15/16 x 17 1/4" (60.8 x 43.8 cm); sheet: 35 3/8 x 26" (89.8 x 66 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Five Aquatints with Drypoint Print Acc. 137.1979.1-5	1978	Five aquatints with drypoint, printed in black	ea. approx. plate 10 15/16 x 7 7/8" (27.8 x 20 cm) ea. approx. sheet 18 15/16 x 13" (48.1 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Ocean Park 115 Painting Acc. 953.1979	1979	Oil on canvas	8' 4" x 6' 9" (254 x 205.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Charles G. Stachelberg Fund
Large Light Bluefrom Eight Color Etchings Print Acc. 584.1980	1980	One from a series of eight aquatint and etchings	plate: 24 x 14 3/16" (61 x 36 cm); sheet: 39 3/4 x 26 1/4" (100.9 x 66.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund
Untitled (from Club/Spade Group 1981-82) from the portfolio EIGHT BY EIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE TEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY Print Acc. 7.2000	1982	Lithograph	composition 37 15/16 x 25 1/2" (96.4 x 64.7 cm) sheet 40 1/16 x 26 15/16" (101 x 68.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Eileen and Peter Norton
Greyland Print Acc. 344.1987	1984, published 1985	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 36 1/8 × 28 7/8" (91.7 × 73.4 cm); sheet: 44 1/8 × 34 1/4" (112 × 87 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	President's Fund Purchase, 1978, Donald B. Marron, President
Green Print Acc. 345.1987	1986	Aquatint and drypoint	plate 45 1/16 x 35 3/8" (114.5 x 89.9 cm) sheet 53 5/8 x 40 3/4" (136 x 103.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Untitled (Ocean Park) Drawing Acc. 318.1988	1986	Charcoal and ink on paper	17 5/8 x 37 1/8" (44.7 x 94.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Denise and Andrew Saul Fund and purchase
COAT I (plate, preceding page 35) from POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 474.1990.2	1990	Etching and drypoint, printed in black	plate 8 7/16 x 6 7/16" (21.5 x 16.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
COAT II (plate, preceding page 67) from POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 474.1990.3	1990	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 8 3/8 x 6 7/16" (21.3 x 16.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
COAT III (plate, preceding page 99) from POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 474.1990.4	1990	Soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 8 7/16 x 6 7/16" (21.4 x 16.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
COAT IV (plate, preceding page 131) from POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 474.1990.5	1990	Soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 8 7/16 x 6 3/8" (21.5 x 16.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
COAT V (plate, preceding page 163) from POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 474.1990.6	1990	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 8 3/8 x 6 3/8" (21.3 x 16.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
DOUBLE MAP OF IRELAND (plate, preceding page 3) from POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 474.1990.1	1990	Etching, printed in black	plate 8 1/2 x 6 7/16" (21.6 x 16.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 474.1990.1-6	1990	Illustrated book with 6 etchings (2 with aquatint and 1 with drypoint)	Page: 10 1/4 x 7 7/8" (26 x 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Flotsam Print Acc. 264.1992	1991	Aquatint, etching and drypoint	plate: 23 15/16 × 17 7/8" (60.8 × 45.4 cm); sheet: 33 15/16 × 26 7/16" (86.2 × 67.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Fund