Mark Borghi

Elaine de Kooning

Abstraction (Standing Bull)

Abstraction (Standing Bull)

c. 1958

 

Oil on paper

18.5 x 23.25 inches (47 x 56.1 cm)

 

Ex-collection;
The estate of the artist and by descent until the present

 

About the Painting:
A visit to the Southwest in 1957 inspired a series of paintings on the theme of the bull, which opened de Kooning’s palette to sweeping planes of luminous colors.