WILLEM DE KOONING | East Hampton III

Marisa Del Re Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1984  

New York, M. Knoedler Gallery, De Kooning: January 1968 - March 1969, March 1969
Berkeley, University of California, Powerhouse Gallery, de Kooning: The Recent Work, August 1969
Columbus, Riffe Gallery, Artscape: A Taste of the Arts, August 1994

The work is in very good condition overall. There is minor evidence of wear and handling along the edges, which are taped. The colors are bright and fresh. The extreme right edge has lightly discolored with age. Under very close inspection, two pinholes are visible in the lower center of the composition, two pinpoint brown spot accretions are visible in the pink in the lower left quadrant. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"The landscape is in the Woman and there is Woman in the landscapes...when people say they are not really figures...that is true to a certain extent, but they were figures to me."
Willem de Kooning