1983
Medium: Woodcut
Sheet size: 27 1/4 x 38 1/8 inches
Frame size: 35 5/8 x 46 3/8 inches
Printer: Tadashi Toda at Shi-un-do Print Shop, Kyoto, Japan
Publisher: Crown Point Press, San Francisco
Edition size: 200, plus proofs
Initialed, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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Made in collaboration with the expert ukiyo-e printer and carver Tadashi Toda, “Ochre” (1983) showcases the weight and lyricism of Diebenkorn’s use of line and color. Textured ochre hues contrasted by blues, greens, and pinks which counter the background’s expressionist gestures, give the viewer a sense of rhythm – the smudging and wandering of colors that consume the eye intimately as component parts, while always acutely aware of the narrative whole.
