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Richard Diebenkorn 1922–1993

Coat IV (from the Poems of W. B. Yeats portfolio)

1990
soft-ground etching and aquatint image: 8¼ h × 6¼ w in (21 × 16 cm) sheet: 17⅜ h × 13½ w in (44 × 34 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $2,064
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Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘7/40 RD 90’. This work is number 7 from the edition of 40 published by Arion Press, San Francisco.
provenance: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco | Private Collection

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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Notes to Myself on Beginning a Painting

Richard Diebenkorn's Studio Notes

1. Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.

2. The pretty, initial position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued — except as a stimulus for further moves.

3. DO search.

4. Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities, but consider them absolutely expendable.

5. Don’t "discover" a subject — of any kind.

6. Somehow don't be bored, but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.

7. Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.

8. Keep thinking about Pollyanna.

9. Tolerate chaos.

10. Be careful only in a perverse way.

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