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Elaine and Bill DeKooning, New York
Elaine and Bill DeKooning, New York

Elaine and Bill DeKooning, New York

Artist Ellen Auerbach (American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004)
Date1944
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 15/16 × 9 1/16 inches (17.6 × 23.01 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 13/16 inches (20.32 × 24.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jack and Judy Stern
Object number2018.63.10
SignedArtist's stamp with signature on sheet verso, center, in black ink with pencil: "#22-3 / PHOTOGRAPH / BY / ELLEN AUERBACH / Ellen Auerbach"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "New York '44, Elaine and Bill de Kooning"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "200-A008"; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "RMG4122"
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DescriptionImage of man and woman seated beside each other. The man's arms are wrapped around the woman; she looks toward him and smiles with her eyes closed. Paintings leaned in front of one another line the wall behind them.Provenance

Dr. Jack and Judy Stern, Rye, NY;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

Copyright© Ellen Auerbach Estate
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