Lot Essay
"Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.”
-Willem de Kooning
-Willem de Kooning
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Woman-Landscape IV
Details
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Woman-Landscape IV
signed 'de Kooning' (lower right)
oil on vellum laid down on canvas
23 ¾ x 18 7/8 in. (60.3 x 47.9 cm.)
Painted in 1968.
Woman-Landscape IV
signed 'de Kooning' (lower right)
oil on vellum laid down on canvas
23 ¾ x 18 7/8 in. (60.3 x 47.9 cm.)
Painted in 1968.
Provenance
The artist
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Private collection, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Private collection, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., de Kooning: January 1968-March 1969, March 1969, no. 14.
Berkeley, University of California, Powerhouse Gallery, de Kooning: The Recent Work, August-September 1969.
Berkeley, University of California, Powerhouse Gallery, de Kooning: The Recent Work, August-September 1969.
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Kathryn Widing