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Willem de Kooning

American, born Netherlands, 1904-1997

Tony Vaccaro (American, born 1922). Willem de Kooning, Easthampton, 1952. Gelatin silver, 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1976 (K1976:4.48). © Tony Vaccaro

Works by This Artist

Untitled V, 1977

Willem de Kooning
Portfolio 9, 1967

Sam Francis, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Henry Pearson, Saul Steinberg, Willem de Kooning
Gotham News, 1955

Willem de Kooning
Clam Digger (Litho #3) from Portfolio 9, 1967

Willem de Kooning
Woman at Clearwater Beach, 1970

Willem de Kooning

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Willem de Kooning, 1971 (printed 1983)

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Last Train to De Kooning, 2013

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