Etampes

1974

Elaine de Kooning

Associated Names
Elaine de Kooning

Artist, American, 1918 - 1989

This image features an abstract landscape with a horizon near the top third of the composition. The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, using varying shades of gray and black. Close to the viewer, the strokes are more defined and dense, creating shapes that suggest movement or texture. The color palette is mostly monochromatic with hints of muted blues for contrast.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 220, no. 1476.

Inscriptions

lower center blue ink: Estampes 7/28/74; lower right in blue ink: E. de K.

Wikidata ID

Q64558069

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