Souvenir of Montauk

1970

Willem de Kooning

Associated Names
Willem de Kooning

Artist, American, born the Netherlands, 1904 - 1997

Hollander Graphic Workshop

Printer

The image consists of swirling and curving lines resembling branches or river paths. Dark ink-like forms are prominent against a lighter background. The forms suggest organic outlines of tree limbs or flowing waterways. The lines create a fluid and natural movement. The stippled texture and varying thickness enhance the sense of movement. Blotches sporadically complete the piece, capturing the movement of nature in an abstract expression.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on Akawara wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 38.89 × 59.69 cm (15 5/16 × 23 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.760

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Graham 1991, no. 9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irwin Hollander, New York (personal collection, not in Lugt). (G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased March 9, 2005; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Graham, Lanier. The Prints of Willem de Kooning: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1957-1971. Paris: Baudoin Lebon, 1991, no. 9.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: '70 / de Kooning; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 53 / #6559

Markings

embossed lower left: HOLLANDER WORKSHOP INCORPORATED; stamped lower right verso in red ink: From The Collection of / IRWIN HOLLANDER; stamped lower right verso in black ink: RK

Wikidata ID

Q76560384

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