Artwork Title: Bull Abstraction

Bull Abstraction, 1959

Elaine De Kooning

The significance of her practice... was enormous: she made her first abstract paintings in the mid-1940s and quickly moved to portraiture, combining the tenets of Abstract Expressionism with figuration — in doing so, carving her own niche within the movement. ‘Today, Elaine de Kooning is justly prized by the art world, both for her gestural portraits and for brilliant abstractions (such as Bull Abstraction, above) — each energetic, gestural and luminous in colour. In 2015 she was the subject of a solo exhibition at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and, in 2016, featured in the landmark exhibition Women of Abstract Expressionism, held at the Denver Art Museum. Our team was keen to celebrate her work because of this revival, and as interest in her career increases we expect to see a heightened market as well.’ (http://www.christies.com/features/A-spotlight-on-seven-female-contemporary-artists-8095-1.aspx?sc_lang=en&cid=EM_EMLcontent0414480recommended_3_0&cid=DM83083&bid=81318016)
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