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Berkeley #42
Berkeley #42
Berkeley #42

Berkeley #42

Date1955
Current owner
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions57 1/2 x 51 1/2 in. (146.1 x 130.8 cm)
Signed"RD 55" lower center; "Top/R Diebenkorn/1955/Berkeley #42" reverse
Credit LineContemporary Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art 1968.95
CR number1478
RD number1139
Exhibitions
Cleveland Museum of Art,
November 1, 1983 - January 8, 1984
Poindexter Gallery, New York,
February 28, 1956 - March 24, 1956
Swetzoff Gallery, Boston,
January 16, 1957 - February 9, 1957
Bibliography
Description
This painting is one of five (see cats. 1475, 1476, 1477, 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.

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