Elaine de Kooning Paints a Portrait (1976)

In filmmaker Betty Jean Thiebauds own portrait of the Abstract Expressionist artist Elaine de Kooning discusses her work as she paints a new portrait of her friend and fellow artist Aristodimis Kaldis Over de Koonings musings on Rembrandt conceptual art and experience vs ideas in the artistic process Thiebaud observes her in her studio working briskly but with care and method and in constant dialogue with her cohorts