ID 1306093
Lot 12 | WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
Untitled XVIII
signed 'de Kooning' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
70 1/8 x 80 ¼in. (178 x 203.7cm.)
Painted in 1986
Provenance
Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York.
Estelle Schwartz, New York (acquired circa 1990).
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York (acquired in 2004).
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 15 November 2006, lot 67.
Private Collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 19 October 2008, lot 28.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Art & Antiques, vol. 57, November 1989 (illustrated in colour on the front cover).
P. Sollers, de Kooning, vite, vol I, Paris 1988, pp. 79 and 84, no. 125.
P. Sollers, de Kooning, vite, vol II, Paris 1988 (illustrated in colour, on the front cover and p. 125).
Exhibited
New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1987 Biennial Exhibition, 1987, p. 207 (illustrated in colour, p. 45).
| Artist: | Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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