Gerhard Richter in front of his Dusseldorf studio, 1969. Photo: Lothar Wolleh
Otto Dix - German, important artist of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). Photo: Hugo Erfurth
![Willem de Kooning in his studio in East-Hampton, New York, 1966, photo by Daniel Frasnay
In 1959 de Kooning turned down an invitation for a retrospective from the Museum of Modern Art (New York). Of the invitation de Kooning said they treat the artist “like a sausage, tie him up at both ends, and stamp on the center ‘Museum of Modern Art,’ as if you’re dead and they own you.” He did however agree to the retrospective a few years later. [t]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzczpgoAFg1r1bfd7o1_1280.jpg)
Willem de Kooning in his studio in East-Hampton, New York, 1966, photo by Daniel Frasnay
In 1959 de Kooning turned down an invitation for a retrospective from the Museum of Modern Art (New York). Of the invitation de Kooning said they treat the artist “like a sausage, tie him up at both ends, and stamp on the center ‘Museum of Modern Art,’ as if you’re dead and they own you.” He did however agree to the retrospective a few years later. [t]
Self-portrait (1993)
