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Woman IV, 1952-53.Oil and enamel on canvas, 59 x 46-1/4 in. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Gift of William Inge.
Montauk I, 1969Oil on canvas, 88 x 77 in. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection.
Ashville, 1949.Oil and enamel on cardboard, mounted on composition board, 26 x 32 in. The Philips Collection, Washington, D. C.
A Tree (Grows) in Naples, 1960.Oil on canvas, 78-1/4 x 70-1/8 in. The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection. Gift to the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Willem de  Kooning, 1982. Photographs by Linda McCartney.
Willem De Kooning

By Harry F. Gaugh 
Size: 8 1/2 x 11" 
Paperback, 128 pages
115 or more illustrations, approximately 48 in ful
Published 1991
ISBN: 978-1-55859-248-3
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Willem de Kooning is the old master of Abstract Expressionism, whose ferocious women and seemingly spontaneous brushwork have been primary influences on American and European artists of the postwar era. Still fervently painting at age 79, he continues to produce canvases of piercing beauty, which serve as a brilliant finale to this book on one of the great masters of contemporary art.

Praise for the Modern Masters series:

"Each author has thoroughly done his or her homework, knows the historical, critical and personal contexts intimately, and writes extraordinarily well." -- Artnews

About the Modern Masters series:

With informative, enjoyable texts and over 100 illustrations — approximately 48 in full color &mdash this innovative series offers a fresh look at the most creative and influential artists of the postwar era. The authors are highly respected art historians and critics chosen for their ability to think clearly and write well. Each handsomely designed volume presents a thorough survey of the artists life and work, as well as statements by the artist, an illustrated chapter on technique, a chronology, lists of exhibitions and public collections, an annotated bibliography, and an index. Every art lover, from the casual museumgoer to the serious student, teacher, critic, or curator, will be eager to collect these Modern Masters. And with such a low price, they can afford to collect them all.

Harry F. Gaugh teaches art history at Skidmore College. He has written articles on de Kooning, Kline, Estes, and many others, and curated the 1980 traveling exhibitions of Frank Klines color paintings.

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