Richard Diebenkorn
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Selected Works2359

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 161

Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1980
$250,000
May 2026
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1983
Unknown
May 2026
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1980
$190,500
Feb 2026
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1977
$660,400
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1977
$355,600
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
Unknown
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1991
Unknown
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1974
Unknown
Nov 2025
Bonhams
; Green;
; Green;
$330,000
Nov 2025
Bonhams
; High Green, Version II;
; High Green, Version II;, 1992
$140,000
Nov 2025
Christie's
Ocean Park #40
Ocean Park #40, 1971
$17,655,000
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1949
Unknown
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Green
Green, 1986
$508,000
Oct 2025
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1971
$406,400
Sep 2025
Sotheby's
Berkeley #12
Berkeley #12, 1954
$1,392,000
May 2025
Christie's
Untitled (Ocean Park)
Untitled (Ocean Park), 1979
$781,200
Feb 2025
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1963
Bought In
Feb 2025
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1990
$1,197,000
Nov 2024
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1964
$730,800
Nov 2024
Christie's
Jane
Jane, 1961
Bought In
Nov 2024
Christie's
Small Red, from Eight Color Etchings
Small Red, from Eight Color Etchings
$37,800
Oct 2024
Christie's
XIV
XIV
Bought In
Oct 2024
Christie's
Interior with a View of White Buildings
Interior with a View of White Buildings, 1960
$504,000
Oct 2024
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1957
Bought In
May 2024
Christie's
Ocean Park #12
Ocean Park #12, 1968
Bought In
May 2024

For Sale 3

Gemini G.E.L. · Artsy
Scrabbling
Scrabbling, 1985
Price on request
3 color lithograph
Upsilon Gallery · Artsy
Untitled (Gantt Print)
Untitled (Gantt Print), 1991
For sale
2-color lithograph
Heather James Fine Art · 1stDibs
Untitled (Urbana Series)
Untitled (Urbana Series)
$100,000
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Market1,430 auction results

trending_upPaintings Range
$700 – $46M
91 of 109 paintings lots with prices
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$4.3M
Object-type specific
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$527K
91 priced paintings lots
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May 2026 · $250K
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Paintings: $527K medianWorks on paper: $30.0K medianEditioned prints: $4.9K medianBooks/portfolios: $3.7K medianPosters/ephemera: $1.4K medianUnclassified lots: $235K medianEditioned photos: $508K median
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Prizes & Awards1

Beck Gold Medal
Winner 1968
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Education2

San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
San Francisco, CA, USA
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
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Publications4

Monograph 1

Richard Diebenkorn Author
MoMA Publications · 2016

Exhibition Catalog 3

Richard Diebenkorn
Yale University Press · 2019
Matisse/Diebenkorn
Prestel · 2016
Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966 Author
Yale University Press · 2013
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Current Exhibitions1

#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn: Still Lifes

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Apr 29, 2026 — Jun 26, 2026

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Past Exhibitions25

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#2,030 Pamela Walsh Gallery

Inherited Forms

Richard Diebenkorn

Fort Mason Festival Pavilion

Mar 28, 2026 — May 9, 2026

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#1 Gagosian

Richard Diebenkorn

Richard Diebenkorn

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 8, 2025 — Dec 20, 2025

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn: Color(ful) 1957–1982

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Feb 6, 2025 — Apr 4, 2025

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn Figures and Faces

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

May 2, 2024 — Jun 28, 2024

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Norton Simon Museum

Alternate Realities: Altoon, Diebenkorn, Lobdell, Woelffer

John Altoon, Richard Diebenkorn, Frank Lobdell, Emerson Woelffer

411 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA

Apr 15, 2022 — Aug 22, 2022

John Altoon, Richard Diebenkorn, Frank Lobdell, Emerson Woelffer — May 13, 2022 – August 22, 2022

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn Works on Paper 1946-1992

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Mar 3, 2022 — Apr 23, 2022

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Norton Simon Museum

Alternate Realities: Altoon, Diebenkorn, Lobdell, Woelffer

John Altoon, Richard Diebenkorn, Frank Lobdell, Emerson Woelffer

411 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA

Oct 15, 2021 — Mar 7, 2022

John Altoon, Richard Diebenkorn, Frank Lobdell, Emerson Woelffer — October 15, 2021 – March 7, 2022

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn Online: Paintings and Works on Paper 1946-1952

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Mar 19, 2020 — Jun 17, 2020

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn Online Presentation | Wartime Works 1943 - 1945

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Mar 19, 2020 — Jun 17, 2020

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn Ocean Park Works on Paper 1978 - 1991 from a Private Collection

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

May 30, 2019 — Jul 23, 2019

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#306 Elizabeth Leach Gallery

Richard Diebenkorn Prints

Richard Diebenkorn

417 NW 9th Ave, Portland, OR 97209, USA

Jun 7, 2018 — Jul 14, 2018

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Works on Paper 1955-1967

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Nov 8, 2017 — Jan 20, 2018

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn Early Color Abstractions 1949-1955

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Jan 12, 2016 — Mar 5, 2016

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn | Special Presentation Ocean Park works on paper: 1978-1992

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

May 12, 2015 — Jun 18, 2015

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn: The Healdsburg Years 1988–1993

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23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Nov 5, 2014 — Jan 16, 2015

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Prints 1961 - 1992

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Apr 26, 2012 — Jun 29, 2012

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn Paintings and Drawings 1949-1955

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

May 5, 2010 — Jun 25, 2010

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Ocean Park Monotypes & Drawings

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

May 9, 2008 — Jun 27, 2008

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Richard Diebenkorn Works on Paper: Ocean Park, Clubs & Spades

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23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Apr 28, 2004 — May 29, 2004

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#424 Van Doren Waxter

Richard Diebenkorn Ocean Park Paintings

Richard Diebenkorn

23 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Feb 18, 1999 — Mar 20, 1999

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#1 Gagosian

Richard Diebenkorn Ocean Park

Richard Diebenkorn

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 5, 1992 — Jan 9, 1993

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Harwood Museum of Art

Richard Diebenkorn: Richard Diebenkorn in New Mexico 1950-1952

Richard Diebenkorn

238 Ledoux St, Taos, NM 87571, USA

Jan 1, 1950 — Jan 1, 1952

Saturday, June 2 - Sunday, September 9, 2007 Richard Diebenkorn: Richard Diebenkorn in New Mexico 1950-1952 Gallery: Joyce and Sherman Scott Gallery As part ...

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Crown Point Press

Richard Diebenkorn: Etchings & Drypoints

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Green by Richard Diebenkorn: The Story of a Print

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Richard Diebenkorn: Prints from Two Decades

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Art Fair Appearances7

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TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2026
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2022
Untitled: San Francisco — San Francisco
2020
The Armory Show — New York
2019
The Armory Show — New York
2017
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Recent Activity20

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Exhibition
Richard Diebenkorn: Prints from Two Decades
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Green by Richard Diebenkorn: The Story of a Print
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Richard Diebenkorn: Etchings & Drypoints
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News
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May 22, 2026
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May 11, 2026
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May 7, 2026
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May 2, 2026
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Exhibition
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Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 27, 2026
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Apr 15, 2026
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Apr 10, 2026
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Apr 8, 2026
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Exhibition
This exhibition features the return of Richard Diebenkorn’s recently restored masterpiece, "Ocean Park #17," marking its first public display since 2022 alongside the early masterwork "Berkeley #2" and various prints.
Apr 1, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
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Exhibition
Inherited Forms
Mar 28, 2026
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Mar 28, 2026
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Art Fair
TEFAF Maastricht 2026
Mar 14, 2026
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