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De Kooning 2

MS What about his theory?

WdK. His theory. Yes He made [[underscore]]a color chart[[/underscore]] for thepaintings. He made a chart of all his modulated colors for his large paintings. There is a very typical one at Jimmy Ernst"s. He made enormous ones and they are very good.
You should talk to Harry Holtzman. He introduced us. He makes fasinating sketches now that I saw in an article [ARtnews Summer 1971] Like a harbor or market place, like four big strokes; a dark, a light, two colors, and he has a way of painting a figure like being in shadow almost. They are very fascinating. Very broad, Like Boudin. You could almost know what they are [the figures] are doing. Association of beach and spots of paint. I adore Boudin;s pictures, but I saw the same thing in Helion.   

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