Willem de Kooning

Acquired circa 1983

Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Cornell Collects: A Celebration of American Art from the Collections of Alumni and Friends, August - November 1990, cat. no. 57

This work is in good condition overall. The newsprint is laid down on canvas. There is time-staining to the sheet. The top, bottom and left edges of the newsprint are perforated. The pigment is stable and there is no apparent cracking evident. There is oil residue on the sheet throughout, due to the artist's choice of medium. There is a very minor loss to the sheet in the upper right corner, less than 1/4 in. in size. Framed under Plexiglas.
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