A generous vision : the creative life of Elaine de Kooning
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780190498474, 0190498471
Physical Desc
304 pages ; cm.
Status
Central Library - Adult Nonfiction - Nonfiction Area
759.13 DE KOONING
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Street Date
1709
Language
English
ISBN
9780190498474, 0190498471

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"The first biography of Elaine de Kooning, A Generous Vision portrays a woman whose intelligence, droll sense of humor, and generosity of spirit endeared her to friends and gave her a starring role in the close-knit world of New York artists. Her zest for adventure and freewheeling spending were as legendary as her ever-present cigarette. Flamboyant and witty in person, she was an incisive art writer who expressed maverick opinions in a deceptively casual style. As a painter, she melded Abstract Expressionism with a lifelong interest in bodily movement to capture subjects as diverse as President John F. Kennedy, basketball players, and bullfights. In her romantic life, she went her own way, always keen for male attention. But she credited her husband, Willem de Kooning, as her greatest influence; rather than being overshadowed by his fame, she worked "in his light." Nearly two decades after their separation, after finally embracing sobriety herself, she returned to his side to rescue him from severe alcoholism. Based on painstaking research and dozens of interviews, A Generous Vision brings to life a leading figure of twentieth-century art who lived a full and fascinating life on her own terms."--Amazon.com.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Curtis, C. (. o. a. (2017). A generous vision: the creative life of Elaine de Kooning . Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Curtis, Cathy (Writer on art). 2017. A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine De Kooning. New York: Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Curtis, Cathy (Writer on art). A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine De Kooning New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.

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Curtis, C. (. o. a. (2017). A generous vision: the creative life of elaine de kooning. New York: Oxford University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Curtis, Cathy (Writer on art). A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine De Kooning Oxford University Press, 2017.

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