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Ocean Park No. 27

Richard Diebenkorn

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Object Label

In 1967, Richard Diebenkorn began a series of paintings named Ocean Park after the section of Santa Monica, California, where he had his studio. In contrast to his preceding, figurative group of works, this new series of abstract images allowed the artist to employ, as he put it, "an allover light which wasn't possible in the representational works, which seem somewhat dingy by comparison." In Ocean Park No.27, Diebenkorn reduces the scene to planes and fragments of color. Depth and spatial illusion are suggested by the color's changing density and the composition's system of receding lines. Using a low-key palette devoid of harsh tones, the artist accomplishes his stated goal of communicating "a feeling of strength in reserve, tension beneath calm."

Caption

Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922–1993). Ocean Park No. 27, 1970. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 100 × 80 in. (254 × 203.2 cm) frame: 100 3/4 x 81 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (255.9 x 206.7 x 5.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Roebling Society and Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Blatt and Mr. and Mrs. William K. Jacobs, Jr., 72.4. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Ocean Park No. 27

Date

1970

Medium

Oil and charcoal on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

100 × 80 in. (254 × 203.2 cm) frame: 100 3/4 x 81 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (255.9 x 206.7 x 5.4 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right: "R.D. 70"

Inscriptions

Inscribed upper left verso: "Ocean Park #27"

Credit Line

Gift of The Roebling Society and Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Blatt and Mr. and Mrs. William K. Jacobs, Jr.

Accession Number

72.4

Rights

© The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn

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Artists and makers

Richard Diebenkorn

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