Lot 53
  • 53

Willem de Kooning

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 GBP
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Description

  • Willem de Kooning
  • Untitled (Woman)
  • signed
  • oil on paper mounted on masonite
  • 99.7 by 72.4cm.
  • 39 1/4 by 28 1/2 in.
  • Executed circa 1965.

Provenance

Paul Kantor, Beverly Hills
Stephen Mazoh, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in November 1985

Exhibited

Beverly Hills, Paul Kantor Gallery, Willem de Kooning, 1965, n.p., illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the reds are slightly pinker in tone in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is very faint frame staining at areas along the extreme edges. The paper edge is slightly irregular along the top right corner. No restoration is apparent under ultra violet light.
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