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In 1967 author Bert Schierbeek flew to New York to portray
painter Willem de Kooning. They talked for a few days and nights, after
which Schierbeek wrote an extensive account in English. Fragments were
published in the catalog of the first retrospective of De Kooning in
the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1968. The full text was never
published, due to all sorts of complications and disagreements. The
typescript disappeared in a desk drawer and was consequently even
untraceable for decades. Recently however, the lost folder suddenly
emerged. Although Schierbeek’s portrayal has lost its immediate
actuality, it remains a personal document that deserves publication
after all.
We have chosen to include a translation into Dutch next to the original
English text. The Dutch introduction has been translated into English
also, making it two books in one.
The book contains colour illustrations of four paintings by Willem de
Kooning.
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