{"product_id":"willem-de-kooning-the-breakthrough-years-1945-50","title":"Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years, 1945-50","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eA fascinating examination of a formative time in the iconic artist’s career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1948, Willem de Kooning held his first solo exhibition, at age forty-four, at the Charles Egan Gallery in New York City. \u003cem\u003eWillem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the painter developed his distinctive style in the period leading up to the show, blending figuration with abstraction and experimenting with materials such as enamel paint, cardboard, and Masonite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beautifully illustrated book features illuminating essays by John Elderfield and Mitra Abbaspour, who closely consider de Kooning’s work during this time, the environment and influences that surrounded him, and the impact of the 1948 exhibition on both his career and the New York School. Lee Colón’s detailed chronology provides invaluable context for the exhibition while Jim Coddington and Bart Devolder’s material study of \u003cem\u003eBlack Friday\u003c\/em\u003e—a painting included in the 1948 exhibition—offers vital perspective on the painter’s working methods.\u003cem\u003e Hardcover, 144 pages.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53062072238447,"sku":"73688","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/6368\/0098\/files\/WILLEMDEKOONINGTHEBREAKTHROUGHYEARS_cover_jpg.png?v=1779988960","url":"https:\/\/shop.famsf.org\/products\/willem-de-kooning-the-breakthrough-years-1945-50","provider":"de Young \u0026 Legion of Honor Museum Stores","version":"1.0","type":"link"}