Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Untitled
12 ½ x 28 ¼ in. (31.8 x 71.8 cm.)
graphite and pastel on paper
Executed circa 1954-1955.
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Untitled
12 ½ x 28 ¼ in. (31.8 x 71.8 cm.)
graphite and pastel on paper
Executed circa 1954-1955.
Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Ross, New York Private collection Edelman Arts, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner
T. Hess, Willem de Kooning, New York, 1959, no. 134. T. Hess, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, New York, 1972, p. 189, no. 77 (illustrated in an earlier state).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada; Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Gallery; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts and St. Louis, Washington University Art Gallery, Willem de Kooning: Paintings and Sculptures, March 1974-June 1975, pl. 55, no. 81 (illustrated in an earlier state). New York, School of Visual Arts, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, November-December 1977.
Please note this lot is now being offered not subject to a reserve.
Specialist note
"I can't get away from the Woman. Wherever I look, I find her" -- Willem de Kooning