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Lot 253*

Richard Diebenkorn
(American, 1922-1993)
Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games

27 June – 9 July 2025, 13:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922-1993)

Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games
Offset lithographic poster in colours, 1984, on wove paper, signed in pencil, from the edition of 750, published by Knapp Communications Corporation Inc. for the Los Angeles Olympics 1984, with full margins

Image 533 x 566mm (21 x 22 1/4in)
Sheet 610 x 913mm (24 x 36in)

Footnotes

The image chosen by the artist for this poster is after his 1981 'Untitled' gouache and crayon on paper, held in a private Milan collection.

The original drawing has alternatively been titled 'Untitled #33' when exhibited at the 1982 show at M. Knoedler and Co., New York, and as 'Untiled (Ocean Park)', when subsequently showcased at the MoMa, New York, in 1988.

Literature
Jane Livingston and Andrea Liguori, Richard Diebenkorn The Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2016, Vol.4, n. 4470.

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