The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation has a new website! Please visit diebenkorn.org.

Skip to main content
Advanced Search
The Green Huntsman
The Green Huntsman
The Green Huntsman

The Green Huntsman

Date1952
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions42 3/4 x 69 1/2 in. (108.6 x 176.5 cm)
Signed"RD 52" lower right; "[up]/Top/R. Diebenkorn/1952/The Green Huntsman" reverse
CR number1163
RD number1091
Exhibitions
Hackett Mill, San Francisco,
February 22, 2013 - June 28, 2013
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo,
November 12, 1976 - January 9, 1977
Paul Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles,
November 10, 1952 - December 6, 1952
Gallery at Werner's Books, Chicago,
May 4, 1953 - May 30, 1953
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Calif.,
February 24, 1982 - May 30, 1982
Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico, Taos,
June 2, 2007 - September 9, 2007
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco,
March 12, 1975 - April 19, 1975
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London,
October 4, 1991 - December 1, 1991
Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
June 18, 1957 - September 1, 1957
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York,
May 5, 2010 - June 25, 2010
Bibliography
Description
"Dick didn't like titles. He thought a picture should do its job without a title. But for some reason he decided to title this work. Someone asked him to provide a title for it, perhaps Paul Kantor or a client of his who was considering buying it, though in the end Kantor failed to sell it. Dick asked me what I thought it should be called. I knew he was reading Stendahl's 'The Green Huntsman' at the time, so that's what I suggested and he took it. This work and 'A Day at the Race' [catalogue raisonné no. 1242] were added as jokes. 'The Archer' [catalogue raisonné no. 1245] was not a joking title." ​—Phyllis Diebenkorn (August 14, 2012)

Copyright Request Form