WILLEM DE KOONING
The Devil at the Keyboard.

Color lithograph on cream wove Beckett paper, 1976. 780x635 mm; 30 3/4x25inches (sheet), full margins. Artist's proof from the deluxe edition of 75, before letters. Signed and inscribed "A/P" in pencil, lower right. Published by the Rainbow Art Foundation, New York. A very good impression of this scarce lithograph with strong colors.

De Kooning (1904-1997) produced this work, an image of Thelonius Monk at the piano, for the Rainbow Art Foundation, New York, a group that was started by Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Bill Caldwell and de Kooning himself, to assist young, underprivileged artists.

 

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500