De Kooning: A Retrospective Wins 2011 PROSE Award

DATE: 2/6/2012 | BY CORY REYNOLDS

The American Association of Publishers announced last week the winners of the 2011 PROSE awards for Scholarly Excellence. We are pleased to report that De Kooning: A Retrospective has been named Best in the Art History & Criticism category.

De Kooning: A Retrospective Wins 2011 PROSE Award

Painting (1948) is reproduced from De Kooning: A Retrospective.

The PROSE Awards recognize the most outstanding professional, reference and scholarly works produced in one year by more than 300 publishers. Congratulations to The Museum of Modern Art, New York and to John Elderfield, who curated this seminal exhibition and authored its award-winning catalogue!

Pirate (Untitled II) (1981) is reproduced from De Kooning: A Retrospective.

JOHN ELDERFIELD is Chief Curator Emeritus of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art. He has organized numerous exhibitions at the Museum, including major retrospectives devoted to Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse and Kurt Schwitters.

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