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appreciation of the work of Henri Matisse. In doing so, he developed his own distinct
abstract style, more geometric and less gestural than his earlier work, which is most readily
apparent in the seminal
Ocean Park
paintings series that he began in 1967 and developed
over the next 25 years. Similar to this series of paintings is the group of color aquatints,
Folsom Street Variations
, that Diebenkorn made in 1986 (see also lot 136).
[20,000/30,000]