John Elderfield

Willem De Kooning

Jennifer Field

Susan Lake

Lauren Mahony

Delphine Huisinga

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.

A Retrospective

De Kooning

This in-depth study of the paintings of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) from the 1940s through the 1960s breaks new ground in its analysis of the artist's working methods and yields new information about previously unreported materials. De Kooning's idiosyncratic working methods have long engendered intense speculation and debate among conservators and art historians, primarily on the basis of visual inspection and anecdotal accounts rather than rigorous technical analysis. In this first systematic study of de Kooning's creative process, the author uses comprehensive scientific examinations of the artist's pigments, binders, and supports to inform art historical interpretations, thereby presenting a key to the complicated evolution of the artist's work. 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. The technical discussions included will have practical applications for conservators, curators, collections managers, and collectors who care for twentieth-century art.

The Artist's Materials

Willem de Kooning

Susan Lake

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