The challenge is bringing the 1955 canvas " an example from de Kooning's celebrated but also contested "Woman" series, known for their grotesque, even savage renderings of the female nude " back to near-original condition. Ulrich Birkmaier, the Getty Museum's senior paintings conservator, and Tom Learner, the Getty Conservation Institute's head of science, have teamed […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:01PM on March 14, 2019