Art: UPTOWN: Dec. 4, 1964

ELAINE DE KOONING—Graham, 1014 Madison Ave. at 78th. "He had a golden look, his hair was unexpectedly ruddy, his eyes were very large and impressive —he seemed larger than life." This was Elaine de Kooning's impression of President Kennedy when she sketched him at Palm Beach in December 1962, and it is the likeness she caught in the resulting 15 portraits, all larger than life. Through Dec. 31.

ANDY WARHOL—Castelli, 4 East 77th.

With Brillo, Heinz and Campbell Soup boxes piled to the ceiling. Warhol last spring turned the gallery into a supermarket. This season it looks more like a florist's. One hundred canvases, popping with big blossoms in every conceivable color, cover Castelli's walls. Through Dec. 16.

FRITZ BULTMAN—Tibor de Nagy, 149 East 72nd. Bultman is equally at home with painting and sculpture; an exhibition of both gives a wide-screen view of his work. His bronzes are small, allusive (Speaking, Hearing) abstractions that channel light through their fragile petals, while his paintings feature big, bold S-curves that sweep around the canvas in red, orange and black. Through Jan. 2.

PAUL HORIUCHI—Nordness, 831 Madison Ave. at 69th. This artist arrived at an esthetic blend of East and West by drawing by turns on Sumi-ink training in his native Japan, the tutelage of Seattle Zen Master Takizaki and, finally, the abstract expressionism of Mark Tobey (who selected this show). Horiuchi's abstract collages, composed of torn bits of rice and mulberry paper stained in misty shades of grey, evoke not so much nature's shapes as its weathery moods—sleet, snow, rain.

Through Dec. 19.

GRACE HARTIGAN—Jackson, 32 East 69th.

The Hunted is a canvas galloping with the frenzy of a chase: black lines crack through foggy depths, crimson waves stain the atmosphere, and a palpable blue river creates cover for an eye that lurks in shadows. Ten new paintings as well as gouaches. Through Dec. 19.

MANOLO—Schoelkopf, 825 Madison Ave.

at 68th. During their youth in Barcelona, Manolo buddied with Picasso, later followed him to Paris. But while cubism whirled around him. Manolo turned to classicism, recalled his native Catalonia with slim-limbed toreros and squat, chunky senoritas. On display are 23 stone and bronze sculptures, plus drawings and watercolors. Through Dec. 24.

TOSHIO ODATE—Radich, 818 Madison Ave. at 68th. This young Japanese New Yorker chins oak and walnut into shapes that look like giant snails or entwined cobras, extracts exotic highlights from the grain of woods. Through Dec. 31.

WILLIAM KING—Dintenfass, 18 East 67th.

Last season King's bronzes bore the imprint of burlap, which left his witty compositions wearing a woven look. This time he leaves out the bronze, just drapes the burlap over aluminum tubing frames. The gawkish, gangling figures—some of them ceiling-tall—would be funny sacks indeed if they didn't look so sad. Through Jan. 2.