Willem De Kooning Drawings
[DE KOONING, Willem]; Thomas B. Hess
Published by Paul Bianchini / New York Graphic Society Ltd, Greenwich, CT, 1972
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Large quarto, 294pp., illustrated. A very good copy in the publisher's yellow cloth, with some foxing to extremities. In a very good dust jacket with commensurate wear. A stunning copy, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by De Kooning in charcoal with a drawing: "to Fritz with love Bill de Kooning." The drawing is typical of his abstract style, but gives a clear enough impression of a charging bull or perhaps a bucking horse. While a limited edition of this same book, signed by de Kooning, is obtainable, we have not been able to trace any trade editions with such a wonderful personalized inscription. We have been unable to conclusively identify "Fritz," but we have a strong suspicion this may be fellow New York School artist Fritz Bultman, who was a friend of de Kooning's. A wonderful example. Seller Inventory # 10899
Bibliographic Details
Title: Willem De Kooning Drawings
Publisher: Paul Bianchini / New York Graphic Society Ltd, Greenwich, CT
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.
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WILLEM DE KOONING : Drawings
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New York Graphic Society, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1972
ISBN 10: 0821204181
ISBN 13: 9780821204184
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Gibbs Books, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Willem De Kooning (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1ST. EDITION , 1ST. PRINTING, U.S.A.1972, Hardcover with the dust cover price clipped, 296 page book . Illustrated with 15 color plates and 138 black and white illustrations. A scarce book by this artist and getting harder to find in any condition. Large book heavy volume a clean un-marked copy .Will need extra postage . Condition : Very Fine / DJ is Fine. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 032005-P
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WILLEM DE KOONING: Drawings.
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1972, 1972
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Signed
Seller: Ursus Books, Ltd., New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hess, Thomas B. WILLEM DE KOONING: Drawings. 296 pp. include 128 plates, a few in color. Folio, in new black half-morocco. Lausanne, a Paul Bianchini Book / Editions des Massons, 1972. A special limited edition, signed by the artist. Freitag 2190 cites the English edition. Seller Inventory # 41682
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Willem De Kooning: Drawings
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Editions Des Massons, E-069, 1972
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Trade PB. 4to. Editions des Massons. 1972. 296 pgs. 128 b/w and tipped-in color illustrations. Printed on Velin Cure B F K Rives. One of 105 copies that are signed, and one of a further limited letterpress edition of of five copies I-L (This is copy L) that was reserved for the author, the contribuitor and the artist. Signed by Willem de Kooning on the limitation page. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcase has light shelfwear present (light soiling present to the slipcase edges). Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Since the 1950s the American painter Willem de Kooning has been a recognized world leader of avant-garde art. He was one of the pioneers in the movement known as Abstract Expressionism, or Action Painting-a movement in which the artist sought to reveal his ideas and feelings through the act of painting itself, and which placed New York at the center of the art world for the first time. His black-and-white abstract paintings, exhibited in his first one-man show in 1948, established de Kooning as a leader of Abstract Expressionism. However, unlike others of this school, he has continued to concern himself with direct references to the physical world. In the forties he began his remarkable Women series-painterly variations on the female form, which has continued to the present day. Another major motif in de Kooning's painting has been landscape, where he has shown a particular interest and virtuosity in the handling of light. In addition to being perhaps America's greatest living painter, de Kooning has also recently begun to create powerful expressionistic sculptures in bronze. His influence since the fifties has been widespread, and his large, impressive body of work has been of undeniable importance for the succeeding generations of American as well as foreign artists. E-146; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 296 pages; Signed by Illustrator. Seller Inventory # 65069
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