The rest of the first half only rarely threatened to excite and de Graaf's powerful shot from 25 yards that was held by Enckelman was the only other chance of note before half-time.
Even his last paintings, titled by the artist when he could no longer sign his name, excite with fresh and highly promising stylistic departures, and when last seen, de Kooning was still inventing, and the old art of painting was born anew at the ends of his brushes.