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Artist:
Arthur Swoger, 23 Sept 1912 - 16 Mar 2000  Search this
Sitter:
Elaine de Kooning, 12 Mar 1918 - 1 Feb 1989  Search this
Frank O'Hara, 27 Jun 1926 - 25 Jul 1966  Search this
Franz Kline, 23 May 1910 - 13 May 1962  Search this
Medium:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 19.7 x 18.9cm (7 3/4 x 7 7/16")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Date:
May 20, 1957
Exhibition Label:
During the 1950s, when New York City became the center of the art world, the Cedar Tavern in Greenwich Village was the preferred meeting spot for the city’s avant-garde artists, writers, and musicians. The artist Elaine de Kooning was at the very heart of it; although, later in life, she noted that she “didn’t know then that I had somehow made my way to the red-hot center.” New York was indeed a cultural capital. This photograph depicts de Kooning at a café table with two good friends, the poet Frank O’Hara (left) and the painter Franz Kline (right). O’Hara appears to react to something de Kooning has said, as he lifts his right hand up against his cheek.
En la década de 1950, cuando Nueva York se convirtió en el centro del arte, el bar Cedar Tavern de Greenwich Village era el lugar preferido de encuentro para los artistas, escritores y músicos de vanguardia. La pintora Elaine de Kooning estuvo en medio de todo, aunque más tarde comentaría que “en ese momento no sabía que había logrado llegar al centro candente de la acción”. Nueva York era, en efecto, una capital cultural. En esta foto aparece De Kooning en una mesa con dos buenos amigos, el poeta Frank O’Hara (izquierda) y el pintor Franz Kline (derecha). O’Hara parece reaccionar a algo que ha dicho De Kooning mientras se lleva la mano derecha a la mejilla.
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass  Search this
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette  Search this
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Ashtray  Search this
Baggage & Luggage\Bag\Purse  Search this
Franz Kline: Male  Search this
Franz Kline: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Franz Kline: Visual Arts\Artist\Abstract Expressionist  Search this
Elaine de Kooning: Female  Search this
Elaine de Kooning: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Frank O'Hara: Male  Search this
Frank O'Hara: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this
Frank O'Hara: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor  Search this
Frank O'Hara: Literature\Writer\Playwright  Search this
Frank O'Hara: Visual Arts\Curator  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.2002.100
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Estate of Arthur Swoger
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm478fb6dd6-7ecb-4ce5-a0c0-80ffd0e41749
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2002.100