| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | June 19, 2026, 7:01 a.m. |
| Last Updated | June 19, 2026, 7:01 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/arts/2026/06/19/willem-de-kooning-exhibit-drawings-art-institute-chicago |
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Smudging. Tracing. Blotting. Collaging. Erasing. Swishing.
Showing himself to be one of the great draftsmen of the 20th century, famed
abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning employed all these techniques and more
to create at least 2,000 known drawings, with hundreds more used and discarded
as pa...