Willem de Kooning

This exhibition focuses on works Dutch-born Abstract Expressionist master de Kooning created during his mid-to-late period (1966-1987). It takes an in-depth look at the working methods and individual keys that led to the final forms of his paintings. The exhibition's main intellectual thrust is that these works - 22 paintings and eight drawings, some on public view for the first time - will be presented by the Corcoran in ways that will illustrate how de Kooning preplanned his art much more than their improvisational appearances indicate.