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Tracing the Figure by Willem de Kooning, 2002 HC Exhibition Catalog, VG+
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller notes
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Book Series
- Star Trek
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- No
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780691096186
- Book Title
- Willem De Kooning : Tracing the Figure
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Item Length
- 13.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Genre
- Art
- Topic
- Individual Artists / General, Subjects & Themes / Human Figure
- Item Weight
- 72.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
069109618X
ISBN-13
9780691096186
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038744640
Product Key Features
Book Title
Willem De Kooning : Tracing the Figure
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Individual Artists / General, Subjects & Themes / Human Figure
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
72.1 Oz
Item Length
13.2 in
Item Width
9.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-059081
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
The vivid reproductions in Tracing the Figure show de Kooning's frenzied mind and hand at work . . . as he developed his distinctive style. . . . This wonderfully produced book traces de Kooning's development from early figurative drawings to the studies tat led to Woman I, the painting that he worked on for almost two years, and that ended up defining his career., Highly recommended for anyone interested in the phenomenon that was abstract expressionism in the mid-20th-century US (or for anyone who is simply looking for something on De Kooning that is clearly written and carefully researched).
Dewey Decimal
741/.092
Synopsis
Willem de Kooning, one of the great pioneers of Abstract Expressionism, experimented with the human form throughout his career. An artist deeply skeptical about Western ideals of beauty, he focused on anatomical fragmentation and spatial ambiguity to express the fleeting nature of the individual. This strikingly designed book, published in conjunction with an exhibition originating at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, explores de Kooning's drawings of the female form between 1940 and 1955. It reveals an artist who struggled to eliminate traditional barriers between drawing and painting as he explored ambiguities between the figure and its background. De Kooning relied on early-twentieth-century abstraction in his initial attempts to redefine the figure, drawing and re-drawing the same line until he resolved the image. Beginning in 1947-49, he synthesized abstraction and figuration, dismembering figures and rearranging them with seeming randomness. As his figural compositions developed, geometric configurations transformed into architectural elements (suggesting windows, doors, mirrors, paintings, and furniture) to create ambiguous space. In 1951, de Kooning abruptly returned to depictions of women. Using turbulent brushwork, he turned female figures into monumental, intentionally vulgar, wildly distorted images whose parts read alternately as flat pattern and fully rounded forms. The effect is an almost violent sensuality. The artist's later style differed dramatically from that of earlier decades. Familiar shapes and hues suggest that women remain in his works, yet they are distorted beyond recognition as if seen from underwater. As put by Thomas Hess, the artist's friend and critic, "Woman, for de Kooning, is the human equivalent of water; more than a vessel, she embodies it in planes of rippling flesh." EXHIBITION SCHEDULE http: //www.artcommotion.com/Issue2/moca/home.html The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles February 10, 2002-May 5, 2002 http: //www.nga.gov/home.htm The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. September 29, 2002-January 5, 2003 http: //www.sfmoma.org/ The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art June 15 - September 8, 2002, Willem de Kooning, one of the great pioneers of Abstract Expressionism, experimented with the human form throughout his career. An artist deeply skeptical about Western ideals of beauty, he focused on anatomical fragmentation and spatial ambiguity to express the fleeting nature of the individual. This strikingly designed book, published in conjunction with an exhibition originating at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, explores de Kooning's drawings of the female form between 1940 and 1955. It reveals an artist who struggled to eliminate traditional barriers between drawing and painting as he explored ambiguities between the figure and its background. De Kooning relied on early-twentieth-century abstraction in his initial attempts to redefine the figure, drawing and re-drawing the same line until he resolved the image. Beginning in 1947-49, he synthesized abstraction and figuration, dismembering figures and rearranging them with seeming randomness. As his figural compositions developed, geometric configurations transformed into architectural elements (suggesting windows, doors, mirrors, paintings, and furniture) to create ambiguous space. In 1951, de Kooning abruptly returned to depictions of women. Using turbulent brushwork, he turned female figures into monumental, intentionally vulgar, wildly distorted images whose parts read alternately as flat pattern and fully rounded forms. The effect is an almost violent sensuality. The artist's later style differed dramatically from that of earlier decades. Familiar shapes and hues suggest that women remain in his works, yet they are distorted beyond recognition as if seen from underwater. As put by Thomas Hess, the artist's friend and critic, "Woman, for de Kooning, is the human equivalent of water; more than a vessel, she embodies it in planes of rippling flesh." EXHIBITION SCHEDULE http://www.artcommotion.com/Issue2/moca/home.html The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles February 10, 2002-May 5, 2002 http://www.nga.gov/home.htm The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. September 29, 2002-January 5, 2003 http://www.sfmoma.org/ The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art June 15 - September 8, 2002
LC Classification Number
NC139.D45A4 2002
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