A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine de Kooning

by Cathy Curtis

Book Overview

The first biography of Elaine de Kooning, A Generous Vision portrays a woman whose intelligence, droll sense of humor, and generosity of spirit endeared her to friends and gave her a starring role in the close-knit world of New York artists. Her zest for adventure and freewheeling spending were as legendary as her ever-present cigarette.

Flamboyant and witty in person, she was an incisive art writer who expressed maverick opinions in a deceptively...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190498471
• ISBN13: 9780190498474
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"