de Kooning - a Retrospective

Timeline of Selected Works

The exhibition covers seven decades of de Kooning’s career. Selected works are included here, representing many of de Kooning’s most important series and themes.

  • Themes
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  • Timeline
  • Methods & Materials
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Biomorphic Abstractions

Black-and-White

Figures

Groups of Figures

Figures

Men

Figures

Women

Gestural Abstractions

Landscapes

Abstract Parkway Landscapes

Landscapes

Abstract Pastoral Landscapes

Landscapes

Abstract Urban Landscapes

Landscapes

Figures In Landscapes

Reductive Abstractions

Still Lifes

Early Work

1904–1937

Men, Women, and Interiors

1938–1945

Pink Angels to Black-and-Whites

1946–1948

Around Excavation

1948–1950

Woman to Landscape

1950–1956

"Full Arm Sweep"

1956–1957

Starting Over in Springs

1964–1969

New Directions

1969–1978

The Late Paintings

1979–1997

Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
Summer Couch
The Wave
Judgment DayBackdrop for "Labyrinth"
Mailbox
Collage
Carole LombardOrestes
PaintingDark PondNight
Attic
ExcavationUntitled (Black and White Abstraction)
Untitled
Wah Kee Spare RibsWeekend at Mr. and Mrs. Krisher
Untitled (Two Figures)
Untitled (Three Women)Untitled (Man and Woman)
Two Women with Still Life
Clam Diggers
Self-portrait with Imaginary Brother
Seated Man
Seated Man (Clown)
Seated Figure (Classic Male)
La Guardia in a Paper Hat
Clam Digger
Seated Woman
Portrait of Elaine
Woman Sitting
Pink Lady
Pink Angels
Woman
WomanWomanWoman, Wind, and Window II
Woman
Woman
Woman IIWoman ISeated Woman
Woman in a RowboatWoman, Sag Harbor
Woman
The Visit
Seated Woman on a Bench
Untitled XI...Whose Name Was Writ in Water
Suburb in Havana
Merritt Parkway
Door to the River
Rosy-Fingered Dawn at Louse Point
Gotham News
Easter Monday
UntitledTwo Figures in a Landscape
UntitledMontauk I
Pirate (Untitled II)
Untitled V
Untitled XIX
[no title]
Rider (Untitled VII)
The Cat
Still Life (Bowl, Pitcher, and Jug)
Still Life

Early Work

1904–1937

Men, Women, and Interiors

1938–1945

Pink Angels to Black-and-Whites

1946–1948

Around Excavation

1948–1950

Woman to Landscape

1950–1956

"Full Arm Sweep"

1956–1957

Starting Over in Springs

1964–1969

New Directions

1969–1978

The Late Paintings

1979–1997

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