De Kooning: An American Master

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Traces the career of abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning, discussing his personal life with wife Elaine Fried, and his battle with alcoholism and Alzheimer's disease. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, & Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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  De Kooning: A Retrospective

  • 2011
  • 504 pages
  • Paperback
  • The Museum of Modern Art
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  De Kooning: An American Master

  • 2004
  • 731 pages
  • Paperback
  • Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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