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Ferociously painted female figure with staring eyes and grinning teeth emerging from violent brushwork, combining ancient fertility goddess with American pin-up.
Significance
Controversial return to figuration at the height of abstraction's dominance. De Kooning struggled with it for two years, scraping and repainting until the image's aggressive energy emerged.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
192.7 cm × 147.3 cm
Location
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA