Revenge
Artist
Willem De Kooning
American, 1904–1997
Editoredited by
Peter Grippe
American, born 1912
Date1960
Mediumetching and liftground on cream Rives BFK wove paper
Dimensionsplate: 29.1 x 34.3 cm (11 7/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
sheet: 42.9 x 50.6 cm (16 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
sheet: 42.9 x 50.6 cm (16 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsWatermark: FRANCE
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Heald II
Object number1998.220.5
DescriptionPoem by Harold Rosenberg accompanying the print:Revenge
The cart rocks in the hallow night,
Cart enamored with somnambulist Turks.
The clouds follow in slow delight
This crowd asleep, hands on their dirks.
The moon’s horn scratches me awake.
All these mustachio’d ones in my power!
From my story-book armory I take
My bow and twenty arrows, lower
The curtains, turn out the lights.
Then, when the cart comes reeling into dawn,
For all my stolen girls, guitar less nights,
I avenge myself on these uncles, one by one.
Harold RosenbergLabel TextPoem by Harold Rosenberg accompanying the print:
Revenge
The cart rocks in the hallow night,
Cart enamored with somnambulist Turks.
The clouds follow in slow delight
This crowd asleep, hands on their dirks.
The moon’s horn scratches me awake.
All these mustachio’d ones in my power!
From my story-book armory I take
My bow and twenty arrows, lower
The curtains, turn out the lights.
Then, when the cart comes reeling into dawn,
For all my stolen girls, guitar less nights,
I avenge myself on these uncles, one by one.
Harold Rosenberg
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. James N. Heald II, Worcester, MA
On View
Not on view
about 1660