Lot Essay
"I can't get away from the Woman. Wherever I look, I find her" -- Willem de Kooning
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Details
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
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12 ½ x 28 ¼ in. (31.8 x 71.8 cm.)
graphite and pastel on paper
Executed circa 1954-1955.
Untitled
12 ½ x 28 ¼ in. (31.8 x 71.8 cm.)
graphite and pastel on paper
Executed circa 1954-1955.
Provenance
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
Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Ross, New York
Private collection
Edelman Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
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).
T. Hess, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, New York, 1972, p. 189, no. 77 (illustrated in an earlier state).
Exhibited
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.
New York, School of Visual Arts, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, November-December 1977.
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