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Willem De Kooning
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
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Description
- Willem de Kooning
- Untitled
- signed
- oil and charcoal on paper laid down on panel
- 21 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. 54.6 x 49.5 cm.
- Executed in 1942.
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Berman, Maryland
Sotheby's, New York, November 10, 1988, Lot 17
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Berman, Maryland
Sotheby's, New York, November 10, 1988, Lot 17
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Exhibited
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, Willem de Kooning: Paintings, Sculptures and Works on Paper, August - September 1972
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Willem de Kooning Liquifying Cubism, October 1994 - January 1995, pl. 15, illustrated in color
Andover, Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, Andover Alumni Collectors, April - July 1995
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, American Vanguards, January - April 1996, p. 73, illustrated in color
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, The American Avant-Garde: A Decade of Change, 1936-1946, October - December 2000, cat. no. 10, fig. 43, p. 61, illustrated in color
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Abstraction, March - April 2002
Literature
Herve Vanel, "La Roue des la Fortune: la dernier period de Willem de Kooning et sa reception critique," Les Cahiers due Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, Winter 1997, p. 38, illustrated
Condition
This work is in excellent condition. Please contact the Contemporary Art Department at 212-606-7254 for a condition report prepared by Terrence Mahon. The work is framed in an antiqued wood frame with gilded edging behind Plexiglas.
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.
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.