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Willem de Kooning
Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD
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Description
- Willem de Kooning
- Abstract
- oil on canvas
- 37 1/4 by 34 1/4 in. 94.6 by 87 cm.
- Executed in 1939-1940.
Provenance
Collection of Edwin Denby and Rudolf Burkhardt, New York
Collection of Thomas B. Hess, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Collection of Thomas B. Hess, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, December 1983 - April 1984, pl. 142, p. 141, illustrated in color
Frankfurt am Maim, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Willem de Kooning: Max-Beckmann-Preis 1984 der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, May - June 1984
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Liquefying Cubism, October 1994 - January 1995, pl. 9, illustrated in color
New York, Allan Stone Projects, Artists of the New York School, October - December 2016
Frankfurt am Maim, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Willem de Kooning: Max-Beckmann-Preis 1984 der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, May - June 1984
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Liquefying Cubism, October 1994 - January 1995, pl. 9, illustrated in color
New York, Allan Stone Projects, Artists of the New York School, October - December 2016
Literature
Thomas B. Hess, Willem de Kooning, New York 1959, pl. 51, p. 60, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. Please contact the Contemporary Department at (212) 606-7254 for a professional condition report prepared by Terrence Mahon. Unframed. Please note a frame accompanies this work.
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.
Catalogue Note
"de Kooning's [shapes] are biomorphic and their relationship is easier, less fitted together. They do not imply an abstracted still life but a mini-community of living things; their cellular connotations are enhanced by looping lines that suggest sensitive feelers and the motion of individual beings through liquid or air. The paintings mood rests in large part on the subtle balance of line, mass, soft-spoken color, implied momentum, and a cautious, uncrowded composition."
Harry F. Gaugh, Willem de Kooning, New York 1983, p. 13