The Woman in Me: Willem de Kooning, Woman I-VI

by Marlene Clark

Willem de Kooning's six numbered Woman paintings have incited a maelstrom of critical controversy. At their debut in 1953, the critics were incensed by the ugliness of the images themselves and by the inclusion of vestiges of the figure in abstraction. Consequently, they questioned de Kooning's attitude toward women and commitment to the Abstract Expressionist project. Countering such objections to de Kooning's psychological state and artistic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168053100X
• ISBN13: 9781680531008
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Academica Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"