Willem de Kooning

by Sally Yard

Book Overview

Willem de Kooning arrived in the United States in 1926 as a twenty-two-year-old stowaway from Holland, soon to become a leading figure in the emergence of abstract expressionist painting in New York. This volume presents over 100 illustrations of every phase of de Kooning's artistic evolution, and explains the personal and art historical background behind his groundbreaking work and its critical reception. Author Sally Yard details the progress of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847818845
• ISBN13: 9780847818846
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 12.0"