Elaine de Kooning

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Description

Elaine de Kooning
Cave Study (Perigord Region)
signed with intials E de K and dated 6/19/83, lower right, in red ballpoint
watercolor on paper
sheet 8 3/4 by 12 3/4 in.
22.2 by 32.4 cm.

Provenance

Gruenebaum Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above

Catalogue Note

The work is inspired by paleolithic cave paintings in southern France which Elaine de Kooning had visited in the early 1980s; the artist also created several oil paintings and a suite of aquatint etchings based on these works.