Willem de Kooning hardback book " In Process and 43 similar items

Catalog (32pgs) published for exhibitions in Fort Lauderdale, Houston and New York. about 9" x 12", rare After Jackson Pollock, de Kooning was the most prominent and celebrated of the Abstract Expressionist painters. His pictures typify the vigorous gestural style of the movement and he, perhaps, did more than any of his contemporaries to develop a radically abstract style of painting that fused Cubism, Surrealism and Expressionism. Although he established his reputation with a series of entirely abstract pictures, he felt a strong pull towards traditional subjects and would eventually become most famous for his pictures of women, which he painted in spells throughout his life. Later he turned to landscapes, which were also highly acclaimed. My other auctions (sorted by highest price first) Previous auctions !