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Willem De Kooning
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- Willem de Kooning
- Untitled #1
- incised with the artist's initials and number 4/6
- bronze
- 7 by 8 by 5 1/2 in. 17.8 by 20.3 by 14 cm.
- Executed in 1969, this work is number 4 from an edition of 6.
Provenance
Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York
The Pollock Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Canada (acquired from the above)
The Pollock Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Canada (acquired from the above)
Exhibited
Baltimore Museum of Art, Willem de Kooning: Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper, August - September 1972 (another example exhibited)
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, An Exhibition by de Kooning, Introducing His Sculpture and New Paintings, October - November 1972, cat. no. 32 (another example 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; Washington University of St. Louis Gallery of Art, De Kooning: Drawings/Sculptures, March 1974 - June 1975, pl. 61, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Amsterdam, Collection d’Art I, Willem de Kooning, May - July 1976 (another example exhibited)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt Duisberg; Geneva, Cabinet des Estampes, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire; Grenoble, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Willem de Kooning: Beelden en Lithos, March 1976 - September 1977, cat. no. D1 (Amsterdam), cat. no. 1 (Duisberg), cat. no. 1, p. 1 (Geneva and Grenoble), illustrated (another example exhibited)
Edinburgh, Fruit Market Gallery; London, Serpentine Gallery, The Sculptures of de Kooning with Related Paintings, Drawings and Lithographs, October 1977 - January 1978, cat. no. 1 (another example exhibited)
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Willem de Kooning in East Hampton, February - April 1978, cat. no. 81, p. 112, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Pittsburgh Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh International Series: Willem de Kooning, October 1979 - January 1980, cat. no. 105 (another example exhibited)
East Hampton, Guild Hall Museum, Willem de Kooning: Work from 1951-1981, May - July 1981, cat. no. 58, p. 21, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Willem de Kooning: The Complete Sculpture, 1969-1981, May - June 1983 (another example exhibited)
Cologne, Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Willem de Kooning: Skulpturen, September - October 1983, cat. no. 1, p. 35, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Berlin, Akademie der Kunste; Willem de Kooning: Drawings-Paintings-Sculpture, December 1983 - May 1984, cat. no. 257, p. 247, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Goslar das Mönchehaus-Museum, Exhibition on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Kaiserring to Willem de Kooning, September - October 1984 (another example exhibited)
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Texas Collects: Willem de Kooning & His Contemporaries, March - May 1995 (another example exhibited)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Willem de Kooning: Sculpture, May - June 1996, cat. no. 1, pp. 41-43 and 52, illustrated and illustrated on the exhibition annoucement (another example exhibited)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, de Kooning a Retrospective, September 2011 - January 2012, cat. no. 148, p. 406, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, An Exhibition by de Kooning, Introducing His Sculpture and New Paintings, October - November 1972, cat. no. 32 (another example 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; Washington University of St. Louis Gallery of Art, De Kooning: Drawings/Sculptures, March 1974 - June 1975, pl. 61, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Amsterdam, Collection d’Art I, Willem de Kooning, May - July 1976 (another example exhibited)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt Duisberg; Geneva, Cabinet des Estampes, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire; Grenoble, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Willem de Kooning: Beelden en Lithos, March 1976 - September 1977, cat. no. D1 (Amsterdam), cat. no. 1 (Duisberg), cat. no. 1, p. 1 (Geneva and Grenoble), illustrated (another example exhibited)
Edinburgh, Fruit Market Gallery; London, Serpentine Gallery, The Sculptures of de Kooning with Related Paintings, Drawings and Lithographs, October 1977 - January 1978, cat. no. 1 (another example exhibited)
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Willem de Kooning in East Hampton, February - April 1978, cat. no. 81, p. 112, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Pittsburgh Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh International Series: Willem de Kooning, October 1979 - January 1980, cat. no. 105 (another example exhibited)
East Hampton, Guild Hall Museum, Willem de Kooning: Work from 1951-1981, May - July 1981, cat. no. 58, p. 21, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Willem de Kooning: The Complete Sculpture, 1969-1981, May - June 1983 (another example exhibited)
Cologne, Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Willem de Kooning: Skulpturen, September - October 1983, cat. no. 1, p. 35, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Berlin, Akademie der Kunste; Willem de Kooning: Drawings-Paintings-Sculpture, December 1983 - May 1984, cat. no. 257, p. 247, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Goslar das Mönchehaus-Museum, Exhibition on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Kaiserring to Willem de Kooning, September - October 1984 (another example exhibited)
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Texas Collects: Willem de Kooning & His Contemporaries, March - May 1995 (another example exhibited)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Willem de Kooning: Sculpture, May - June 1996, cat. no. 1, pp. 41-43 and 52, illustrated and illustrated on the exhibition annoucement (another example exhibited)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, de Kooning a Retrospective, September 2011 - January 2012, cat. no. 148, p. 406, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Literature
Jerry Saltz, "Definitive at MoMA, The Full, Amazing, Ever-Evolving, Never-Retreating Story of Willem de Kooning," New York Magazine, September 25, 2011, pp. 74-75, illustrated in color
Judith Zilczer, A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning, London, 2014, cat. no. 277, p. 198, illustrated in color
Judith Zilczer, A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning, London, 2014, cat. no. 277, p. 198, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There are scattered white accretions on the underside of the sculpture. There is some light rubbing to the patina. Some dirt has accumulated in the crevices.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.