Willem de Kooning: The Last Beginning Cecilia Braschi as “the first beautiful picture

as “the first beautiful picture I made

and Louise Neri interviews Steve Martin about his enthusiasm for paintings by these artists

Organized by Gary Garrels

This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Richard Artschwager at Gagosian

Willem de Kooning: The Last Beginning Cecilia Braschi as “the first beautiful pictureThis book was published on the occasion of Willem de Kooning: The Last Beginning at Gagosian, West 21st Street, New York. Curated by Klaus Kertess and presented in cooperation with the Johanna Liesbeth de Kooning Trust, the exhibition featured twenty three works by de Kooning, attesting to the radical stylistic shifts that culminated in the transformations of his final working years. Juxtaposed with works from prior decades, it traced the continuities