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Diebenkorn had a lifelong interest in heraldic imagery, and clubs and spades became the main subject matter of his drawings and paintings in the early 1980s. In Green Tree Spade,1982, Diebenkorn has transformed the spade into a tree-like figure and enlarged it so it nearly covers the entire picture plane.
Source: NEWS Jan Feb Mar Apr 2021
DimensionsFrame: 24 3/8 × 29 × 1 1/4 in. (61.9 × 73.7 × 3.2 cm)
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (47 × 59.1 cm)
Plate: 9 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (23.5 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (47 × 59.1 cm)
Plate: 9 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (23.5 × 29.8 cm)
Accession Number 2020.34
Classificationsprint
SignedRD82 (l,r graphite)
Inscriptions24/35 (l,l graphite)
Edition24/35
MarksCrown Point Press
Lilah Toland (blind stamp l,r)
Provenance(George Schelling); Jim and Ellen Hubbell, Des Moines [acquired by 2020]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2020]
Pablo Picasso
1936, published 1942
