Willem De Kooning

Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Cohen Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1995

Houston, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, De Kooning, Recent Works, January - February 1977
Amsterdam, Collection d'Art, Willem de Kooning, October - December 1977
Cedar Falls, The Gallery of Art at the University of Northern Iowa; St. Louis, St. Louis Art Museum; Cincinnati, The Contemporary Arts Center, De Kooning 1969 - 78, October 1978 - April 1979, cat. no. 9
Seattle, Richard Hines Gallery, Willem de Kooning: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, January - March 1980
Düsseldorf, Galerie Hans Strelow, Willem de Kooning - Gemälde, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, November - December 1980
Milan, Studio Marconi, de Kooning/di pinti, deisegni, scultura, March - April 1985, p. 34, illustrated in color
New York, Acquavella Galleries, XIX & XX Century Master Paintings and Sculpture, April - May 1990, cat. no. 32

Judith Wolfe, "Van Wim Tot Bill de Kooning," Jong Holland, vol. 1, 1994, p. 26, illustrated
Judith Wolfe, The Young Willem de Kooning: Early Life, Training and Work, 1904 - 1926, Michigan, 1996, fig. 331, illustrated

This work is in very good condition overall. Please contact the Contemporary Art Department at 212-606-7254 for a condition report prepared by Terrence Mahon. The work is framed in a dark stained wood frame with a float.
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