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.
Written for conservation scientists, conservators, specialists in modern art history, museum curators, and practicing artists, this book offers insights into the way an artist can achieve radical changes in style.
Willem de Kooning had a restless, probing creativity, pushing on from one style to the next. The battle between abstraction and figuration was essential to his art as he moved...
This book features ten paintings and drawings by de Kooning selected from The Museum of Modern Art's substantial collection of his work.
Willem de Kooning, the First Twenty-six Years in New York
In the image-rich Willem de Kooning Nonstop, Rosalind E. Krauss counters this view with a radical rethinking of de Kooning’s bold canvases and reveals his true artistic practices.
Willem de Kooning in East Hampton
Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning: Late Paintings
This is the most wide-ranging and comprehensive monograph available on this artist.
Edited by Simon Pettit. Boston: David R. Godine/Black Sparrow Books, 1998. Sciorra, Joseph, and Peter Vellon. The Art of Freedom: Onorio Ruotolo and the Leonardo da Vinci School. Italian American Museum, 2004. Exhibition catalogue.