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A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.

Elaine de Kooning

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Elaine de Kooning
Age: 70 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 12
Died: 1989
Died: February 1
Draftsperson
Illustrator
Painter
Printmaker
Sculptor
Brooklyn
New York
Elaine Marie Catherine de Kooning
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