Richard Diebenkorn’s Sketchbooks

A page from one of Richard Diebenkorn’s sketchbooks– on the day his father died, he drew his hat and shoe and hankerchief:

“Thanks to a gift from the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation, 29 of the artist’s sketchbooks will be on display at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center starting Sept. 9.

For over two decades since the artist’s death in 1993, the books — which range in shape and size from the spiral-bound variety to beautifully embossed journals — have been kept in a cardboard box in the home of Diebenkorn’s widow, Phyllis. Before her death in January of this year, Phyllis decided to donate the entire collection to the Cantor Arts Center, a choice the exhibit’s curator, Alison Gass, called “an extraordinary gesture of generosity and trust,” given the private nature of these artistic meditations.”

Source: The artistic process, revealed | News | Palo Alto Online |

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