Willem de Kooning, Painter, Springs, Long Island, New York, 8/18/69
Richard Avedon
American, 1923–2004

Details
Title
Willem de Kooning, Painter, Springs, Long Island, New York, 8/18/69
Artist/Maker
Richard Avedon (American, 1923–2004)
Date
1969, printed 1975
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
9 15/16 x 7 15/16 inches
Credit
Gift of the artist to mark the retirement of Gudmund Vigtel
Accession #
1991.55
On View
Currently not on view
Richard Avedon established his name in the world of fashion photography early on, using experimental compositions to create dramatic and visually arresting images. In this starkly-contrasted portrait of Abstract Expressionist painter Willem de Kooning, Avedon shies away from the overt theatrics of his earlier magazine photographs. Instead, he conveys a subtle tension between vitality and mortality, focusing less on the artist’s clothing and more on the intensity of his gaze and the age of his body.
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