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Untitled #8
Details
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Untitled #8
incised with initials and number 'W de K. 3/6' (on the underside)
bronze with brown patina
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 3 in.(21.6 x 16.5 x 5 cm.)
Executed in 1969. This work is number three from an edition of six.
Untitled #8
incised with initials and number 'W de K. 3/6' (on the underside)
bronze with brown patina
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 3 in.(21.6 x 16.5 x 5 cm.)
Executed in 1969. This work is number three from an edition of six.
Provenance
Estate of the artist, New York
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 12 May 2010, lot 240
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 12 May 2010, lot 240
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
J. Cowart, De Kooning, 1969-78, Cedar Falls,1978, p. 13, fig. 2, (another cast illustrated).
K. Kipling "A Taste for Contemporary," Gulf Shore Life Naples, October 2005, n.p. (another cast illustrated in color),
J. Elderfield, De Kooning: A Retrospective, 2011, New York, Museum of Modern Art, exh. cat, p. 407, no. 155 (another cast illustrated in color).
K. Kipling "A Taste for Contemporary," Gulf Shore Life Naples, October 2005, n.p. (another cast illustrated in color),
J. Elderfield, De Kooning: A Retrospective, 2011, New York, Museum of Modern Art, exh. cat, p. 407, no. 155 (another cast illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Baltimore Museum of Art, Willem de Kooning: Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper, August-September 1972.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, An Exhibition by de Kooning Introducing His Sculpture and New Paintings, October-November 1972, n.p., no. 37 (another cast exhibited).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts; St. Louis, Washington University Gallery of Art, de Kooning: Drawings/Sculpture, March 1974-June 1975, n.p., no. 134 (another cast exhibited).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Willem de Kooning: Beelden en Lithos; Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt Duisburg, de Kooning: Plastik - Grafik; Gevena, Cabinet des Estampes, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Willem de Kooning: Sculptures, Lithographies, Peintures; Grenoble, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Willem de Kooning: Sculptures, Peintures, March 1976-September 1977 (another cast exhibited).
Edinburgh, Fruit Market Gallery; London, Serpentine Gallery, The Sculptures of de Kooning with Related Paintings, Drawings & Lithographs, October 1977-January 1978, n.p., no. 8 (another cast exhibited).
Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Willem de Kooning/Pittsburgh International Series, October-January 1980.
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Willem de Kooning: The Complete Sculpture, May-June 1983.
Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Willem de Kooning: Skulpturen, September-October 1983, pp. 48-49 and 122, no. 8 (illustrated, another cast exhibited).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Paris, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre de Georges Pomidou, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, December 1983-September 1984, p. 251, no. 264 (illustrated, another cast exhibited).
Goslar, Das Mönchehaus Museum, Exhibition on the occasion of the presentation of the Kaiserring to Willem de Kooning, September-October, 1984.
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Willem de Kooning Sculpture, May-June 1996, p. 53, no. 8 (illustrated, another cast exhibited).
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Willem de Kooning: Drawings and Sculpture, October-December 1998, p. 117, pl. 51 (illustrated, another cast exhibited).
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, An Exhibition by de Kooning Introducing His Sculpture and New Paintings, October-November 1972, n.p., no. 37 (another cast exhibited).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts; St. Louis, Washington University Gallery of Art, de Kooning: Drawings/Sculpture, March 1974-June 1975, n.p., no. 134 (another cast exhibited).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Willem de Kooning: Beelden en Lithos; Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt Duisburg, de Kooning: Plastik - Grafik; Gevena, Cabinet des Estampes, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Willem de Kooning: Sculptures, Lithographies, Peintures; Grenoble, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Willem de Kooning: Sculptures, Peintures, March 1976-September 1977 (another cast exhibited).
Edinburgh, Fruit Market Gallery; London, Serpentine Gallery, The Sculptures of de Kooning with Related Paintings, Drawings & Lithographs, October 1977-January 1978, n.p., no. 8 (another cast exhibited).
Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Willem de Kooning/Pittsburgh International Series, October-January 1980.
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Willem de Kooning: The Complete Sculpture, May-June 1983.
Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Willem de Kooning: Skulpturen, September-October 1983, pp. 48-49 and 122, no. 8 (illustrated, another cast exhibited).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Paris, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre de Georges Pomidou, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, December 1983-September 1984, p. 251, no. 264 (illustrated, another cast exhibited).
Goslar, Das Mönchehaus Museum, Exhibition on the occasion of the presentation of the Kaiserring to Willem de Kooning, September-October, 1984.
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Willem de Kooning Sculpture, May-June 1996, p. 53, no. 8 (illustrated, another cast exhibited).
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Willem de Kooning: Drawings and Sculpture, October-December 1998, p. 117, pl. 51 (illustrated, another cast exhibited).
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