ID 842706
Lot 15 | WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)
Untitled III
signed ‘de Kooning’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
70 x 80 in. (177.8 x 203.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1978.
Provenance
Willem de Kooning Family Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014
Literature
T. Hess, "In de Kooning's Studio," Vogue, April 1978, pp. 234-235 (studio view illustrated).
H. Butler and T. Greenfield-Sanders, “Downtown in the Fifties, Horizon 24”, no. 6, June 1981, p. 16 (illustrated).
P. Sollers, de Kooning, Vite, Paris, 1988, vol. I, p. 84, no. 102 (illustrated, n.p. in vol. II).
R. Suckale, Masterpieces of Western Art: A History of Art in 900 Individual Studies from the Gothic to the Present Day Part 1, Cologne, 2002, p. 631 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, A New Spirit in Painting, January-March 1981, p. 220, no. 85 (illustrated).
East Hampton, Guild Hall, Willem de Kooning Works From 1951-1981, 1981, p. 21 and 37, no. 37 (illustrated).
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; East Hampton, Guild Hall Museum, Five Distinguished Alumni: The W.P.A. Federal Art Project, January-February 1982, no. 8 (illustrated).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Expressive Malerie nach Picasso, October-December 1983.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, La Grande Parade: Highlights in Painting after 1940, December 1984-April 1985.
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Artist: | Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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