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De Kooning: An American Master

by Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan · 2004

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Traces the career of abstract expressionist Willem De Kooning, discussing his personal life with wife Elaine Fried, and his battle with alcoholism and Alzheimer's disease.

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adult
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epic · 732 pages

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