| Artist: | De Kooning, Willem |
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| Title: | Drawing of Elaine de Kooning | |
| Date: | c. 1940 | |
| Nationality: | American | |
| Context: | NY School | |
| Movement: | Abstract Expressionism | |
| Materials: | pencil | |
| Subject: drawn portrait of his wife. Style: figurative and representational; gives a likeness of the sitter; sensitively drawn; a drawing that even Ingres ( President of the French Academy in the 19th c.) would approve of. Context: early de Kooning drawing done while he was still a figurative painter. | ||
