de Kooning: A Retrospective

This edition, accompanying an exhibition “de Kooning: A Retrospective” at the Museum of Modern Art, tracks Willem de Kooning's development over a full seven decedes, beginning with his first surviving painting, made when he was twelwe, and ending with the spare, extraordinary refined canvases of the 1980s. The book's chapters, and its introductory essay by John Elderfield, explore the complexities of de Kooning's practice, while an illustrated chronology tells the story of his life.