De Kooning: An American Master
- ISBN-10
- 1400041759
- ISBN-13
- 9781400041756
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 731
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
- Authors
- Mark Stevens, Willem De Kooning, Annalyn Swan
Description
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.
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