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Summary:
Joint federal income tax returns, 1951, 1953, and 1954, cancelled checks, cash receipts, bills, and bank statements.
Citation:
Elaine and Willem de Kooning financial records, 1951-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Related Materials:
Also in the Archives are Elaine de Kooning scrapbooks and interviews and lectures, 1959-1988 that were donated in 2004 and 2013 by Denise Lassaw, de Kooning's god-daughter.
Biography Note:
Elaine de Kooning (1918- 1989) was a painter in New York, N.Y. and East Hampton, N.Y. Her husband (1904- 1997), Willem de Kooning was an action painter from Holland who flourished in the New York school.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1981 by Elaine de Kooning.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
