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JOHN BERGGRUEN GALLERY

JOHN B E R GG RUE N G A LLERY

FIGURES AND L A NDSC A PES David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, Manuel Neri

JOH N B E RGG RU E N G A LLERY S A N F R A NC I S C O

FIGU R ES A ND L A NDSCAPES David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, Manuel Neri

september 4 – october 18, 2014

JOHN B E R GG RUE N G A L L ERY S A N F R A NC I S C O

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We are pleased to present this exhibition of paintings, works on paper, and sculptures by David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, and Manuel Neri – four artists whose work we have been privileged to exhibit many times over the past four decades. With the exception of David Park, who sadly passed away in 1960 at the age of 49, we have also enjoyed wonderful, personal, and collaborative relationships with each artist.

Our current exhibition presents a select sample of figurative works and landscapes – and in some cases, figurative paintings that also include the environment in which the figure resides.

Many works presented here, regardless of their often intimate scale, elaborate beautifully the tension these artists balanced between figuration and abstraction. The viewer can see their progressive exploration of what would enrich the history of Abstract Expressionism. About the Bay Area artists of the Post-War era, Caroline Jones, curator of Bay Area Figurative Art 1950-1965, says, “Their mature post-abstract figurative paintings preserved a sophisticated dialogue between abstraction and representation – the image oscillating between a recognizable subject and a boldly colored, abstract arrangement of thick slabs of paint.”1 Much has been written about the artists featured in this exhibition as well as the larger Bay Area figurative tradition. In light of the excellent scholarship available on this topic, we would like to refer our audience to the suggested reading list on page 5.

1 Caroline A. Jones, Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1990), 1.

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As has always been the case in presenting an exhibition of historic works from this era, we are deeply grateful to Phyllis Diebenkorn and Gretchen and Richard Grant for their generosity and support in enabling us to continue to share the works of Richard Diebenkorn with the public. We also collaborated with and are extremely thankful to Joseph Oliveira for his help in selecting and lending wonderful examples of his father’s works, both early and late.

In addition to the help offered by these two families, we have benefited from the extraordinarily generous loans from several great collectors who are also treasured friends. Their trust in us is deeply appreciated. They have collected these works because of their beauty and they have shared them with the public because they value the important contribution these artists made to the fiber of the cultural life of the Bay Area.

Gretchen & John Berggruen

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s uggested rea din g Armstrong, Richard. David Park (exhibition catalogue). New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1988. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press for Whitney Museum of American Art, 1988.

Boas, Nancy. David Park: A Painter’s Life. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2012.

Jones, Caroline A. Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965 (exhibition catalogue). San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1989. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1990.

Livingston, Jane. The Art of Richard Diebenkorn (exhibition catalogue). With essays by John ElderďŹ eld and Ruth E. Fine. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1997. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press for Whitney Museum of American Art, 1997.

Manuel Neri: Plasters (exhibition catalogue). With foreword by John R. Lane and essay by Caroline A. Jones. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1989.

Manuel Neri: The Figure in Relief (exhibition catalogue). With foreword by Brooke Barrie, preface

by Bruce Guenther, introduction by Maxwell L. Anderson, and essay by Bruce Nixon. San Jose: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, 2008. Manchester: Hudson Hills Press, 2007.

Manuel Neri: Early Work, 1953-1978. New York: Hudson Hills Press for Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1996.

Nathan Oliveira: A Survey Exhibition, 1957-1983 (exhibition catalogue). With foreword by Henry T. Hopkins and essays by Thomas H. Garver and George W. Neubert. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1984.

Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953-1966 (exhibition catalogue). With foreword by Diane B. Wilsey and essays by Timothy Anglin Burgard, Steven A. Nash, and Emma Acker. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2013. New Haven: Yale University Press for Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2013.

Selz, Peter. Nathan Oliveira. With introduction by Susan Landauer and essay by Joann Moser.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press for San Jose Museum of Art, 2002.

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david park Boy in Striped Shirt, 1959

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david park Boy with Rowboat, 1957

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david park Canoe, 1957

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david park Male Bather with Yellow Towel, 1956

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david park Two Heads, 1960

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richard diebenkorn Untitled, 1955

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richard diebenkorn Seated Man, 1956

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richard diebenkorn Landscape with Three Trees, 1959

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richard diebenkorn Beach, 1959

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richard diebenkorn Landscape with Smoke, 1960

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richard diebenkorn Girl with a Cup, 1960

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richard diebenkorn Interior with Figures, 1960

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richard diebenkorn Cityscape #2, 1963

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richard diebenkorn Ingleside II, 1963

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richard diebenkorn Untitled, c. 1964

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richard diebenkorn Untitled

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richard diebenkorn Untitled, c. 1957-66

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richard diebenkorn Untitled, c. 1960-66

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richard diebenkorn Seated Woman, Adjusting Shoe, 1965

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richard diebenkorn Untitled, 1956 - 66

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richard diebenkorn Untitled (Ocean Park), 1976

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richard diebenkorn Ocean Park, 1977

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nathan oliveira

nathan oliveir a Seated Man, 1960

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nathan oliveir a Figure #2, 1961

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nathan oliveir a Seated Shaman, 1978

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nathan oliveir a Blue Stage Figure, 1975

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nathan oliveir a Ryan Figure #9, 1982

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nathan oliveir a Ryan Site #13, 1980

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nathan oliveir a Figure IV, 1983

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nathan oliveir a Standing Figure, 2010

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manuel neri

manuel neri Untitled Figure Study No. 5, 1957

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manuel neri Untitled Standing Figure, 1974

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manuel neri Standing Female Figure No. 5, 1978

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manuel neri Untitled Standing Figure No. 1, 1980

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P L AT E L I S T A number of the works in the exhibition are for sale.

For information and complete details please contact john@berggruen.com or gretchen@berggruen.com

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david park Boy in Striped Shirt, 1959 Oil on canvas 50 x 36 inches

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david park Boy with Rowboat, 1957 Oil on canvas 48 7/8 x 29 3/8 inches Private Collection

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david park Canoe, 1957 Oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 51 1/2 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Untitled, 1955 Gouache on paper 15 x 12 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Seated Man, 1956 Oil on canvas 22 x 20 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Landscape with Three Trees, 1959 Oil on panel 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches

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david park Male Bather with Yellow Towel, 1956 Oil on canvas 44 x 32 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Beach, 1959 Oil on canvas 17 x 22 inches Private Collection

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david park Two Heads, 1960 Gouache on paper 12 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Landscape with Smoke, 1960 Oil on canvas 54 13/16 x 49 13/16 inches

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richard diebenkorn Girl with a Cup, 1960 Oil on canvas 25 x 21 1/2 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Interior with Figures, 1960 Oil on canvas 48 x 51 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Untitled, c. 1957-66 Ink on paper 10 7/8 x 17 inches

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richard diebenkorn Untitled, c. 1960-66 Charcoal on paper 24 3/4 x 19 inches

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richard diebenkorn Seated Woman, Adjusting Shoe, 1965 Watercolor on paper 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Untitled, 1956 - 66 Gouache and pencil on paper 17 x 14 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Untitled (Ocean Park), 1976 Gouache and charcoal on paper 30 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches Private Collection

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richard diebenkorn Ocean Park, 1977 Gouache, watercolor and collage 18 x 11 1/2 inches

richard diebenkorn Cityscape #2, 1963 Oil on canvas 34 x 40 inches Private Collection

richard diebenkorn Ingleside II, 1963 Oil on canvas 30 x 70 1/2 inches Private Collection

richard diebenkorn Untitled, c. 1964 Gouache on paper 12 1/2 x 15 inches

richard diebenkorn Untitled Watercolor on paper 17 x 13 3/8 inches Private Collection

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nathan oliveira Seated Man, 1960 Oil on canvas 42 x 40 inches

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nathan oliveira Standing Figure, 2010 Oil on canvas 66 x 54 inches

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nathan oliveira Figure #2, 1961 Watercolor on paper 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches

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manuel neri Untitled Figure Study No. 5, 1957 Tempera, pastel and charcoal on paper 30 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches Private Collection

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nathan oliveira Seated Shaman, 1978 Monotype 20 x 17 1/2 inches Private Collection

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manuel neri Untitled Standing Figure, 1974 Plaster, dry pigment/water, wood 67 x 22 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches Private Collection

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manuel neri Standing Female Figure No. 5, 1978 Plaster, water-based pigments on steel re-bar armature wrapped with burlap, styrofoam, wire on plywood base 65 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches With base: 67 x 19 x 17 inches Private Collection

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manuel neri Untitled Standing Figure No. 1, 1980 Bronze with enamel 65 1/2 x 15 x 22 inches Edition of 4

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nathan oliveira Blue Stage Figure, 1975 Oil on canvas 96 x 72 inches

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nathan oliveira Ryan Figure #9, 1982 Oil on canvas 54 x 48 inches

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nathan oliveira Ryan Site #13, 1980 Oil on canvas 84 x 66 inches

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nathan oliveira Figure IV, 1983 Bronze 40 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 30 inches Edition 7 of 7

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EXHIBITION CHECKLIST

Untitled, 1956-66 Gouache and pencil on paper 17 x 14 inches RD 2087

david park Male Bather with Yellow Towel, 1956 Oil on canvas 44 x 32 inches

Untitled, c. 1957-66 Ink on paper 10 7/8 x 17 inches RD 3900

Boy with Rowboat, 1957 Oil on canvas 48 7/8 x 29 3/8 inches

Beach, 1959 Oil on canvas 17 x 22 inches RD 125

Canoe, 1957 Oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 51 1/2 inches Boy in Striped Shirt, 1959 Oil on canvas 50 x 36 inches

Landscape with Three Trees, 1959 Oil on panel 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches RD 1265

Two Heads, 1960 Gouache on paper 12 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches

richard diebenkorn

Girl with a Cup, 1960 Oil on canvas 25 x 21 1/2 inches RD 1287

Untitled Watercolor on paper 17 x 13 3/8 inches RD 781

Interior with Figures, 1960 Oil on canvas 48 x 51 inches RD 1292

Untitled, 1955 Gouache on paper 15 x 12 inches RD 3216

Landscape with Smoke, 1960 Oil on canvas 54 13/16 x 49 13/16 inches RD 1295

Seated Man, 1956 Oil on canvas 22 x 20 inches RD 1644

Untitled, c. 1960-66 Charcoal on paper 24 3/4 x 19 inches RD 896

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Untitled (Santa Cruz), 1962 ContĂŠ crayon on paper 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches RD 638

Untitled, 1992 Gouache and graphite on paper 5 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches RD 201

Untitled, c. 1962 Charcoal on paper 17 x 13 inches RD 4311

nathan oliveira Seated Man, 1960 Oil on canvas 42 x 40 inches

Cityscape #2, 1963 Oil on canvas 34 x 40 inches RD 3095

Figure #2, 1961 Watercolor on paper 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches

Ingleside II, 1963 Oil on canvas 30 x 70 1/2 inches RD 1384

Seated Ink Sketch, 1965 Watercolor and ink on paper 17 x 14 inches Untitled, 1968 Acrylic and collage on paper 25 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches

Untitled, c. 1964 Gouache on paper 12 1/2 x 15 inches RD 770

Bleeker Nude #4, 1972 Acrylic and graphite on paper 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches

Seated Woman, Adjusting Shoe, 1965 Watercolor on paper 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches RD 610

Bleeker Nude #19, 1972 Acrylic and graphite on paper 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches

Untitled (Ocean Park), 1976 Gouache and charcoal on paper 30 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches RD 355

Blue Stage Figure, 1975 Oil on canvas 96 x 72 inches

Ocean Park, 1977 Gouache, watercolor and collage on paper 18 x 11 1/2 inches RD 1654

Seated Shaman, 1978 Monotype 20 x 17 1/2 inches Untitled, 1978 Gouache on paper 30 x 22 1/4 inches

Untitled (Ocean Park), 1991 Acrylic, charcoal, gouache and collage on paper 37 1/2 x 25 inches RD 210

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Ryan Site #13, 1980 Oil on canvas 84 x 66 inches

Runner, 2010 Oil on canvas 89 x 77 inches

Standing Shaman, 1981 Monotype 26 x 22 1/2 inches

Standing Figure, 2010 Oil on canvas 66 x 54 inches

Ryan Figure #9, 1982 Oil on canvas 54 x 48 inches

manuel neri Untitled Figure Study No. 5, 1957 Tempera, pastel and charcoal on paper 30 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches

Figure IV, 1983 Bronze 40 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 30 inches Edition of 7

Untitled Standing Figure, 1974 Plaster, dry pigment/water, wood 67 x 22 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches

Head One, 1983 Bronze 18 x 20 x 11 inches Edition of 9

Standing Female Figure No. 5, 1978 Plaster, water-based pigments on steel re-bar armature wrapped with burlap, styrofoam, wire on plywood base With base: 67 x 19 x 17 inches

Imi 6, 1989 Watercolor on paper 24 x 19 inches

Untitled Standing Figure No. 1, 1980 Bronze with enamel 65 1/2 x 15 x 22 inches Edition of 4

Pessoa’s Sleigh II, 2000 Monotype 30 1/8 x 27 1/4 inches Figure Five: Woman with Arms Back, 2007 Bronze with unique patina 20 x 13 1/4 x 18 inches Edition of 9 Bowler, 2010 Oil on canvas 84 x 70 inches

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Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. University of New Mexico Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA

DAVID PARK 1911 1960

Born in Boston, MA Died in Berkeley, CA

Education 1928-29

Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA

Teaching 1955-60 1944-52

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Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, CA Instructor, California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute), San Francisco, CA Director, California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute), San Francisco, CA

RICHARD DIEBENKORN 1922 1993

Selected Public Collections Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Berkeley Art Museum & PaciďŹ c Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA di Rosa, Napa, CA Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Hallmark Fine Art Collection, Kansas City, MO Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, CA Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign, IL Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA

Born in Portland, OR Died in Berkeley, CA

Education 1946 1949 1951

California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, CA M.F.A., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Teaching 1947 1952 1966

California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA University of Illinois, Urbana, IL University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Public Collections Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario, Canada Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD 88

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan, UT North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA Santa Cruz Island Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY University Art Museum, State University of New York, Albany, NY University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI

Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA High Museum, Atlanta, GA Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, CA Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, MO Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, MO Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM 89

Selected Public Collections Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CA Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, CA Library of Congress, E. & J. Pennell Collection, Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia Norwalk Community College, Fairfield, CT Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Schenectady Museum of Art, Schenectady, NY Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY University of Houston, Houston, TX University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA Yale University, New Haven, CT

University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

NATHAN OLIV EIR A 1928 2010

Born in Oakland, CA Died in Palo Alto, CA

Education 1951

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B.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), Oakland, CA M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

Teaching 1952-53 1952-53 1955-56 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-96

Printmaking Instructor, California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA Watercolor Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Chair of Graphic Arts, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Visiting Professor in Painting, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Visiting Professor in Studio Art, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Visiting Professor in Studio Art, Cornell University, Ithica, NY Professor of Studio Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

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Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, CA Iwate University, Tokyo, Japan Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, MO Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, D.C. Mandeville Library, University of California, San Diego, CA Memphis Brooks Art Museum, Memphis, TN Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase, NY Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR R. L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL Washington State Art in Public Places, Washington State Arts, WA Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

MANUEL NERI 1930 Present

Born in Sanger, CA Lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA and Carrara, Italy

Education 1949-50 1951-52 1951-56 1956-58

Teaching 1959-65 1963-64 1965-90

San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA University of California, Berkeley, CA California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA University of California, Berkeley, CA University of California, Davis, CA

Selected Public Collections

Bateson Building, Sacramento, CA Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA di Rosa, Napa, CA El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX Federal Courthouse, Portland, OR Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ Grove Isle Sculpture Garden, Coconut Grove, FL Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL Hawaii State Council on the Arts, Honolulu, HI Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI Iowa State University, Ames, IA

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This catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition:

FIGU RES AND L ANDSCAPE S David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, Manuel Neri September 4 – October 18, 2014 Publication © John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this catalogue may be reproduced without the written permission of John Berggruen Gallery.

Paintings © Nathan Oliveira Cityscape #2, p. 34, © 2014 The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation Design: Grasser Design Printing: Compass Litho Project Coordination: Lindsay Snyder, Becky Roberts-Ascher, Morgann Trumbull Plate Photography: Facundo Arganaraz, Photocaso/J.W. White, and Almac Camera

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FIGURES AND L A NDSC A PES David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, Manuel Neri

JOH N B E RGG RU E N G A LLERY S A N F R A NC I S C O