Seated Nude #7
Richard Diebenkorn
Description
Subject Matter:
In the mid 1960s, Diebenkorn drew and printed several similar scenes that depicted a table and chair, sometimes with a figure sitting in a chair at a table. Diebenkorn was known for his figurative works as were his fellow members of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, of which he was a founder. The years 1963-1964 are characterized as the artist's lyrical figurative drawings; 1965 was the start of the artist's late figurative works. In 1964, Diebenkorn received a Cultural Exchange Grant from the U.S. State Department that allowed him to visit the Soviet Union. Diebenkorn was influenced by Henri Matisse's paintings during this visit, although he was first exposed to his work at a retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1952.
Compare: Untitled (Seated Nude #7) 1985/2.122
Physical Description:
This print shows the outline of a nude, faceless woman with her hair in a ponytail, seated in an armchair. Her hands rest on her right thigh, one on top of the other. Her knees point to the right while her head faces to the left.
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