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Clamdigger (de Kooning)

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The sculpture was modeled in clay in 1972, and cast in bronze in 1976. It was his "first large-scale bronze work."
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paintings, took up sculpture later in his career, after a 1969 visit with a friend in
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Willem de Kooning
dug for clams
East Hampton, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
abstract expressionist
Italy
foundry
List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2
"Clamdigger, (sculpture)"
"Clamdigger, the Beloved"
"Willem de Kooning Still Dazzles"
"Art: The Sculpture of Willem de Kooning"
"Secondary Object"
"Collection Search - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Smithsonian"
the original
"BAM/PFA - Art Exhibitions - Willem de Kooning"
the original
Clam digger
"Secondary Object"
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Willem de Kooning
Woman I
Woman III
Woman VI
Interchange
Police Gazette
Woman-Ochre

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