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The Marshes

1970 (published 1971)

Willem de Kooning

Associated Names

Willem de Kooning

Artist, American, born the Netherlands, 1904 - 1997

Hollander Graphic Workshop

Printer

M. Knoedler & Company

Publisher, 1846 - 2011

The image displays bold black lines and brushstrokes, creating an abstract composition with swirling shapes. There are splatters and spots of black ink throughout the piece. The elements form patterns of interconnected lines, some curved and graceful, others jagged and abrupt.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on Italia wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Lee V. Eastman and John L. Eastman
Dimensions

sheet: 101.6 × 71.12 cm (40 × 28 in.)
Accession Number

1975.104.9
Catalogue Raisonné

Graham 1991, no. 7

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1991

Graham, Lanier. The Prints of Willem de Kooning: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1957-1971. Paris: Baudoin Lebon, 1991, no. 7.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 11/20B; lower right in graphite: '70 / de Kooning

Wikidata ID

Q65578855

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