 Dickinson continued to have difficulty returning to work on the painting, although in 1947 and early 1948 he planned and made a few attempts to introduce figures into the painting, none of which remain.In March 1948 he resumed steady work on the painting, but during the following two years little was done on it.In 1949 Elaine de Kooning wrote an article on the painting for "ARTnews" in its series, "[name of featured artist] Paints a Picture."