1970s Original Willem De Kooning’s Rainbow – Thelonious Monk, Devil at the Keyboard Poster

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Original Willem De Kooning’s Rainbow – Thelonious Monk, Devil at the Keyboard (1972) poster.

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Rainbow: Thelonious Monk, Devil at the Keyboard (1972) is a six-color lithograph on thin velin by Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning. Created for the Rainbow Art Foundation to support young artists, this
inch piece captures the jazz pianist Thelonious Monk in a bold, gestural style, usually featuring a plate-signed signature.

Key Details of the Work:
Artist: Willem de Kooning (1904–1997).
Year: 1972.
Medium: Six-color lithograph on thin velin.
Publisher: Shorewood Publishing, NY for the Rainbow Foundation.

Edition: While 1,000 prints were produced, the work often features a signature in the plate (signed in the plate), though some signed and numbered editions exist.
Context: Created for the Rainbow Art Foundation, a group co-founded by de Kooning, Romare Bearden, and Jacob Lawrence to support young artists.
Subject: The artwork is an abstract portrayal of legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk.
The work is highly sought after as a, often, more accessible piece of original art by the renowned Abstract Expressionist.

Acquired at an auction of Fine Art from an East Coast Educational Institution. See less