Diebenkorn 'Berkeley #59' 1977 Berggruen Gallery Exhibition Poster, Framed

A framed original 1977 exhibition poster from the John Berggruen Gallery announcing American Paintings & Drawings, March 30 – May 7, 1977, at the gallery's iconic 228 Grant Avenue space in San Francisco. The poster reproduces Richard Diebenkorn's "Berkeley #59" (1956, oil on canvas, 59 × 59 inches) — a major work from his Berkeley series, the abstract expressionist body of work that established him as one of the most important American painters of the postwar era.

The Berkeley series (1953–1966) represents Diebenkorn at his most gestural and atmospheric — landscape-derived abstractions of muscular brushwork, layered earth and atmospheric tones, and the spatial intelligence that would carry through into his later Ocean Park paintings. Berggruen Gallery, founded by John Berggruen in 1970, has been one of the leading West Coast galleries for postwar American art for over five decades, and held a long-standing relationship with Diebenkorn — making this 1977 exhibition poster a meaningful piece of California art-historical ephemera.

Original offset lithograph print on coated paper, in clean condition, presented in its original framing with conservation matting — a quietly authoritative presentation that anchors a study, library, or art-aware living space. Pairs naturally with other mid-century American art posters, particularly Bay Area Figurative or Ocean Park-era Diebenkorn material.

Dimensions:
Frame: 37" H × 25" W × 1" D
Artwork (visible image): 35.75" H × 23.75" W

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