de Kooning: An American Master
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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- Knopf
- Year
- 2004
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Abstract expressionismArtistic lifeAlcoholism and illness
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyWonMajor(2005)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyWon(2004)
Other awarded books from Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
- Francis Bacon: Revelations
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