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Richard Diebenkorn.

By: Nordland, Gerald.
Contributor(s): Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Rizzoli, 1987Description: 248 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.ISBN: 084780870X.Subject(s): Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993 -- Criticism and interpretationDDC classification: 759.13 DIE
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Many works never before reproduced outside of exhibition catalogs.

Bibliography: p. 240-243. - Includes index.

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Library Journal Review

This is a first monograph on a major modern American painter most often associated with the rise of Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. Nordland knows his subject; the text is celebratory, and perhaps not as critical as desirable, but the insights are succinct. Portraying Diebenkorn's achievements chronologically, it includes discussion of his alternative work in the figurative mode. The text focuses largely on visual description of the painter's themes, but the excellent plates and exhibition history attest to the artist's ``master'' status. Well designed for academic library use, whether for studio or art historical research, the book is also a viable, if expensive, option for general collections since Diebenkorn's work is found in many museums. Paula A. Baxter, NYPL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

In the first monograph to survey the entire career of West Coast abstractionist painter Diebenkorn, Nordland presents a thorough review of the artist's development and illustrates the stages of his work with an exceptional series of reproductions. The author traces the emergence of Diebenkorn's aesthetic by examining some of the influences on his early work and by charting his early experiments in abstract expressionism and his middle-period figurative paintings. Nordland then returns to the series of large-scale abstractions that are Diebenkorn's most familiar and critically notable works. Numerous reproductions in color and in black and white cover the full range of Diebenkorn's output in this striking and celebratory record of the artist's achievement. Notes, list of exhibitions and awards, bibliography; index of works. JB. 759.13 Diebenkorn, Richard-Criticism and interpretation / Painting, American / Painting, Modern-20th century-U.S. [CIP] 87-42688