Jardin du Luxembourg

Close up of Jardin du Luxembourg

Large, vertical, abstract print featruing a central figure group in bachanalian revelry surrounded by nature. The expressively rendered figures are a pale grey surrounded by bursts of dark green, leaf-like shapes.
Large, vertical, abstract print featruing a central figure group in bachanalian revelry surrounded by nature. The expressively rendered figures are a pale grey surrounded by bursts of dark green, leaf-like shapes.
Elaine De Kooning, Jardin du Luxembourg, 1977; Color lithograph on paper, 30 x 22 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Foster; © Elaine de Kooning

Artwork Details

  • Artist

    Elaine de Kooning

  • Title

    Jardin du Luxembourg

  • Date

    1977

  • Medium

    Color photolithograph on paper

  • Dimensions

    30 x 22 in.

  • Donor Credit

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Foster

  • Photo Credit

    © Elaine de Kooning

  • On Display

    No

The Artist, Elaine de Kooning

Though associated with the Abstract Expressionists, Elaine de Kooning created figurative works, including portraits, for much of her career.
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned older woman. She has closed cropped light hair and is shown from the chest up. She wears a long sleeved shirt with a ruffled collar and sleeves and a large silver necklace. In one hand she holds a lit cigarette.