Wading Man
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WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)
Wading Man
signed 'de Kooning' (lower left)
oil on two joined sheets of paper laid down on canvas
45 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (116 x 46.5 cm.)
Painted in 1967.
Wading Man
signed 'de Kooning' (lower left)
oil on two joined sheets of paper laid down on canvas
45 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (116 x 46.5 cm.)
Painted in 1967.
Provenance
Private collection, France
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 9 November 1988, lot 69
Private collection, California
Anon. sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 9 November 1989, lot 221
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
Private collection, Wayzata, 1990
Anon. sale; Christie’s, New York, 16 May 2001, lot 14
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 9 November 1988, lot 69
Private collection, California
Anon. sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 9 November 1989, lot 221
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
Private collection, Wayzata, 1990
Anon. sale; Christie’s, New York, 16 May 2001, lot 14
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, M. Knoedler and Cie., De Kooning Peintures Récentes, June 1968, no. 17.
New York, New School Art Center, The Humanist Tradition in Contemporary American Painting, October-November 1968, no. 17.
Paris and Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve, Willem de Kooning, February-April 1990, p. 52 (illustrated).
New York, New School Art Center, The Humanist Tradition in Contemporary American Painting, October-November 1968, no. 17.
Paris and Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve, Willem de Kooning, February-April 1990, p. 52 (illustrated).
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