Willem de Kooning

The Clam Digger
1967

A minimalist black and white sketch of a standing figure with abstract and fluid lines, possibly representing a human form, on a plain background with the artist's signature at the bottom right.
A minimalist black and white sketch of a standing figure with abstract and fluid lines, possibly representing a human form, on a plain background with the artist's signature at the bottom right.

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Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 3/16 × 22 3/8in. (43.7 × 56.8 cm)

Accession number
69.59.1

Edition
AP | Ed. 100, I-XX portfolios

Publication
Printed and published by Irwin Hollander

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Louise Nevelson in memory of Marcel Duchamp

Rights and reproductions
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/5353

Part of a series:
9
8 works

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Willem de Kooning
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