Willem de Kooning (1988, first edition)

Diane Waldman's authoritative retrospective

Author

Diane Waldman

Publisher

Thames and Hudson, London, 1988

Printing Details

First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 31 × 23.5cm, 156pp.

This copy belonged to British artist Erica Macdonald (1928–2021) with her pencilled initials to the ffep.

Diane Waldman's monograph offers an authoritative and scholarly retrospective on the life and stylistic evolution of the Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning. As Senior Curator at the Guggenheim Museum, Waldman provides formalist analysis tracing de Kooning's transition from early 1930s portraiture through his ground-breaking Woman series and into his late, fluid landscape abstractions, illuminating the constant tension between figuration and pure abstraction that defined his oeuvre. Richly illustrated with high-quality colour plates and archival photographs throughout.

Condition

This copy is in very good condition, with a little light abrasion to the wrapper and one or two isolated spots of foxing to the prelims. The wrapper is a little sun faded to the spine.