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Accession #	72.4
Artist	Richard Diebenkorn
Title	Ocean Park No. 27
Date	1970
Medium	Oil and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions	100 × 80 in. (254 × 203.2 cm) frame: 100 3/4 x 81 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (255.9 x 206.7 x 5.4 cm)
Inscriptions	Inscribed upper left verso: "Ocean Park #27"
Signed	Signed lower right: "R.D. 70"
Credit Line	Gift of The Roebling Society and Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Blatt and Mr. and Mrs. William K. Jacobs, Jr.
Location	Visible Storage: Case 16, Screen I (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks: In 1967, Richard Diebenkorn began a series of paintings named Ocean Park after the section of Santa Monica, California, where he had his studio. In contrast to his preceding, figurative group of works, this new series of abstract images allowed the artist to employ, as he put it, "an allover light which wasn\'t possible in the representational works, which seem somewhat dingy by comparison." In Ocean Park No.27, Diebenkorn reduces the scene to planes and fragments of color. Depth and spatial illusion are suggested by the color\'s changing density and the composition\'s system of receding lines. Using a low-key palette devoid of harsh tones, the artist accomplishes his stated goal of communicating "a feeling of strength in reserve, tension beneath calm."