Berkeley #39

Date1955

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions59 1/8 x 59 in. (150.2 x 149.9 cm)

Signed"RD 55" lower right; "Berkeley #39/R. Diebenkorn/1955" reverse

CR number1477

RD number1137

Exhibitions

Poindexter Gallery, New York, Richard Diebenkorn

February 28, 1956 - March 24, 1956

Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, Richard Diebenkorn—Paintings

January 16, 1957 - February 9, 1957

Baltimore Museum of Art, New Paintings and Sculpture from Established and Newly Formed Baltimore Collections

July 12, 1959 - September 6, 1959

Artsy, Richard Diebenkorn: Special Online Presentation

May 9, 2020 - September 12, 2020

Acquavella Galleries, New York, California Landscapes: Richard Diebenkorn | Wayne Thiebaud

February 1, 2018 - March 16, 2018

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Richard Diebenkorn

October 4, 1991 - December 1, 1991

Bibliography

Richard Diebenkorn: The Catalogue Raisonné

What is Art Really Worth?

Landscapes Show Art Out of Context

Description

This painting is one of five (see cats. 1475, 1476, 1478, and 1479) of which the artist sent photographs in his first letter to Elinor Poindexter (1955). The letter referred to his work and the possibility that she would represent him at her New York gallery.