Format:
504 S.
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zahlr. Ill.
ISBN:
9780870707971
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9780870707988
Content:
Overview: Published in conjunction with the first large-scale, multi-medium, posthumous retrospective of Willem de Kooning's career, this publication offers an unparalleled opportunity to appreciate the development of the artist's work as it unfolded over nearly seven decades, beginning with his early academic works, made in Holland before he moved to the United States in 1926, and concluding with his final, sparely abstract paintings of the late 1980s. The volume presents approximately 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, covering the full diversity of de Kooning's art and placing his many masterpieces in the context of a complex and fascinating pictorial practice. An introductory essay by John Elderfield, MoMA's Chief Curator Emeritus of Painting and Sculpture, provides an in-depth exploration of de Kooning's development, context and sources, theory of art and working methods. Sections devoted to particular areas of the artist's oeuvre provide an illustrated chronology of the period and a brief introduction, as well as detailed entries on groups of works. With lavish, full-color documentation, this landmark publication is the most complete account of de Kooning's artistic career to date
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Foreword ; Preface ; Space to paint
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Chapter 1: Early Work
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Chronology: 1904-1937
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Dutch still lifes ; Early New York still lifes ; WPA and related works ; Chapter 2: Men, Women, And Interiors
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Chronology: 1938-1945
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Portrait drawings ; Paintings of men ; First woman series ; Methods and materials: Queen of Hearts
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Abstractions ; Chapter 3: Pink Angels To Black-And-Whites
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Chronology: 1946-1948
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Pink Lady, Pink Angels ; Around Judgment Day ; Methods and materials: Judgment Day
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Men and women, and women without men ; Grotesque, ludicrous and fearful ; De Koonig's first solo exhibition ; Methods and materials: Painting
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Outright 'abstract' painter ; Chapter 4: Around Excavation
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Chronology: 1948-1950
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At Black Mountain ; Second woman series ; Methods and materials: Woman
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Enormous deed ; Methods and materials: Excavation
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Works on paper ; Chapter 5: Woman To Landscape
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Chronology: 1950-1956
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Beginnings of woman I ; Woman I continued; Woman II and Woman III ; Methods of materials: Woman II
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Theme of the woman ; Woman and landscape ; Methods and materials: Easter Monday
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Chapter 6: Full Arm Sweep
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Chronology: 1957-1963
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Transition ; Abstract parkway landscapes ; Black and white ; Abstract pastoral landscapes ; Methods and materials: Door to the river
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Chapter 7: Starting Over In Springs
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Chronology: 1964-1969
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Figures in water ; Methods and materials: Woman, Sag Harbor
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Works on paper ; Figures in landscape ; Chapter 8: New Directions
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Chronology: 1969-1978
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Hollander workshop ; Sculpture ; Kind of transfiguration ; Methods and materials: Whose name was writ in water
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Chapter 9: Late Paintings
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Chronology: 1979-1997
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Ribbons ; White paintings ; Garden paintings ; Methods and materials: Rider (Untitled VII)
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List of references ; Index of illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
De Kooning, Willem 1904-1997
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De Kooning, Willem 1904-1997
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Author information:
De Kooning, Willem 1904-1997
Author information:
Elderfield, John 1943-
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