Willem De Kooning

Private Collection
Acquired by the present owner from the above circa 1965

New York, Allan Stone Gallery, de Kooning's Women, March - April 1966, n.p., illustrated (exhibited as Woman Study and dated 1965)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; London, The Tate Gallery; New York, Museum of Modern Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Willem de Kooning, September 1968 - September 1969, cat. no. 141, n.p., illustrated (illustrated as Head)
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Fall Selections, September - October 2013

Gabriela Drudi, Willem de Kooning, Milan, 1972, no. 165, n.p., illustrated (illustrated as Head)

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is window matted and hinged on the reverse at the top two corners and at the center right and left edge of the sheet. There is pale time staining to the sheet, most noticeably along the extreme edges, not visible when framed. There is evidence of handling and wear along the edges and at the corners. Framed under glass.
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