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Object Details
- Artist
- Willem de Kooning, born Rotterdam, Netherlands 1904-died East Hampton, NY 1997
- Exhibition Label
- This black-and-white drawing reveals de Kooning’s mastery of the spontaneous gesture. In the service of pure abstraction, his lines move across the surface with a fluency and energy that distinguish his most accomplished work. Integrating angular and curvilinear forms, this composition captures the tension an artist experiences at the moment of creative expression.
- Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2009
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Vincent Melzac Collection through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
- 1950
- Object number
- 1980.5.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- enamel on paper mounted on paperboard
- Dimensions
- sheet: 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.3 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Abstract
- Record ID
- saam_1980.5.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk761495dc1-658e-42ac-8826-cf544e079eb4
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