Dear Sophie -
FRANZ KLINE was a friend of De Kooning, who recommended that he project his smaller drawings. The result was large bold forms where the stroke became the narrative. His thesis and career launched from that point forward.
The Cedar Tavern in the west village of Manhattan was where the the Abstract Expressionists met for storied drunken evenings, and the myth of the macho artist was born.
With love,
Mom
