Lot 156
  • 156

Willem de Kooning

Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 USD
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Description

  • Willem de Kooning
  • Woman in a Landscape
  • signed
  • oil on paper mounted on canvas
  • 36 1/4 by 28 5/8 in. 92 by 72.7 cm.
  • Executed circa 1967.

Provenance

Modarco S.A., Geneva
M. Knoedler & Co., Paris
Galerie des Arts, Paris
Oscar Piagentini, Inc., New York
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in October 1990

Exhibited

Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Willem de Kooning, September - October 1975, n.p., no. 10, illustrated in color
Paris, Galerie des Arts, Willem de Kooning: Huiles, Pastels, Dessins, Sculptures, October - November 1975, n.p., illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of very light handling and wear around the edges. The unpainted areas of the background have a slightly waxy appearance which is inherent to the medium and working method of the artist. There is no evidence of restoration under ultraviolet light. Framed.
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