Willem de Kooning, Painter, Springs, Long Island, New York, 8/18/69
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Willem de Kooning, Painter, Springs, Long Island, New York, 8/18/69
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Richard Avedon
American, 1923–2004
American, 1923–2004
Date
1969, printed 1975
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Accession #
1991.55
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Not on View
Description
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.