Elaine de Kooning Paints a Portrait

01/01/1976

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0hr 18min

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“I almost feel my portraits— portraits I’ve made—are now invading my privacy. When I have them around—to have all these people looking at me—it’s oppressive, and I always find portraits oppressive. But I find them, well, fascinating.”

STORY

In filmmaker Betty Jean Thiebaud’s own portrait of the Abstract Expressionist artist, Elaine de Kooning discusses her work as she paints a new portrait of her friend and fellow artist, Aristodimis Kaldis. Over de Kooning’s musings on Rembrandt, conceptual art, and experience vs. ideas in the artistic process, Thiebaud observes her in her studio, working briskly but with care and method, and in constant dialogue with her cohorts.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Elaine de Kooning
  • Aristodimos Kaldis

    Director

  • Betty Jean Thiebaud

INFORMATION

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    Cast

    Elaine de Kooning

    Herself

    Aristodimos Kaldis

    Himself