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  • DIEBENKORN MASTERPIECE AT CHRISTIE’S

    RICHARD DIEBENKORN, Ocean Park #137  UPDATE: THIS MADE $22.5 MILLION

    Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Park #137, 1985 – a masterpiece from the collection of Mary Tyler Moore and her husband Dr. S. Robert Levine – comes up at Christie’s in New York on November 15. The monumental painting is one of the final works from Diebenkorn’s celebrated Ocean Park series and stands as a majestic example of the entirely new language of painting inspired as much by art historical traditions as by the light and landscape of California. Over eight feet tall, Ocean Park #137 was executed on the largest canvas that Diebenkorn could possibly fit through his studio doors.

    Mary Tyler Moore forged a legendary career with television hits The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and in films such as Thoroughly Modern Millie and Ordinary People. Celebrated for her unforgettable onscreen charisma and trailblazing female characters, the actress is also remembered as a leading advocate for finding a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications.  For more than four decades Moore battled type 1 diabetes. Part of the proceeds from the sale will benefit the Mary Tyler Moore and S. Robert Levine, MD Charitable Foundation to continue the couple’s longtime philanthropic mission.  The work is estimated at $18-22 million.

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