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Willem De Kooning
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Willem de Kooning
- Untitled (Study for World's Fair Mural "Medicine")
- graphite on paper
- 9 7/8 by 11 3/4 in. 25.1 by 30 cm.
- Executed in 1937.
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner in 1974
Exhibited
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts; St. Louis, Washington University Gallery of Art, De Kooning: Drawings/Sculptures, March 1974 - June 1975, cat. no. 1, fig. 3, n.p., illustrated
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Berlin, Akademie Der Kunste; Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures, December 1983 - September 1984, cat. no. 4, p. 28, illustrated
New York, Queens Museum of Art, Queens Artists: Highlights of the 20th Century, March - July 1997
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Willem de Kooning Drawings: 1920's - 1970's, October 2007 - January 2008, p. 11, illustrated in color
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Berlin, Akademie Der Kunste; Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures, December 1983 - September 1984, cat. no. 4, p. 28, illustrated
New York, Queens Museum of Art, Queens Artists: Highlights of the 20th Century, March - July 1997
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Willem de Kooning Drawings: 1920's - 1970's, October 2007 - January 2008, p. 11, illustrated in color
Literature
Harold Rosenberg, Willem de Kooning, New York, 1973, cat. no. 7, illustrated (published as Untitled)
Sally Yard, Willem de Kooning: The First Twenty-Six Years in New York 1927-1952, New York, 1980, cat. no. 27, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Miró in America, April - May 1982, fig. 30, n.p., illustrated
Philippe Sollers, De Kooning, Vite I, Paris, 1988, cat. no. 3, p. 79
Philippe Sollers, De Kooning, Vite II (Oeuvres), Paris, 1988, cat. no. 3, n.p., illustrated
Diane Waldman, Willem de Kooning, New York, 1988, fig. 13, p. 25, illustrated
Sally Yard, Willem de Kooning, New York, 1997, cat. no. 5, p. 14, illustrated
Sally Yard, Willem de Kooning: Works, Writings and Interviews, Barcelona, 2007, p. 16, illustrated in color
William Agee, Irving Sandler, Karen Wilkin, American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning, and Their Circle, 1927-1942, New Haven, 2012, cat. no. 20, p. 87, illustrated in color
Judith Zilczer, A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning, London, 2014, cat. no. 11, p. 21, illustrated in color
Sally Yard, Willem de Kooning: The First Twenty-Six Years in New York 1927-1952, New York, 1980, cat. no. 27, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Miró in America, April - May 1982, fig. 30, n.p., illustrated
Philippe Sollers, De Kooning, Vite I, Paris, 1988, cat. no. 3, p. 79
Philippe Sollers, De Kooning, Vite II (Oeuvres), Paris, 1988, cat. no. 3, n.p., illustrated
Diane Waldman, Willem de Kooning, New York, 1988, fig. 13, p. 25, illustrated
Sally Yard, Willem de Kooning, New York, 1997, cat. no. 5, p. 14, illustrated
Sally Yard, Willem de Kooning: Works, Writings and Interviews, Barcelona, 2007, p. 16, illustrated in color
William Agee, Irving Sandler, Karen Wilkin, American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning, and Their Circle, 1927-1942, New Haven, 2012, cat. no. 20, p. 87, illustrated in color
Judith Zilczer, A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning, London, 2014, cat. no. 11, p. 21, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is window matted and hinged on the reverse at the top two corners to the backing board. The right edge is perforated. There is a faint abrasion to the lower center of the sheet and again at the top left edge. Framed under glass.
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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.