WILLEM DE KOONING | High Point

Paul Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
Collection of John Powers, New York (acquired circa 1970)
Private Collection
Lyn Segal Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in January 2005

New York, Allan Stone Gallery, de Kooning/Cornell, February - March 1965, fig. 7, illustrated
Los Angeles, Paul Kantor Gallery, Willem de Kooning, March - April 1965, fig. 6, illustrated

Nancy Marmer, "Review: Paul Kantor Gallery, de Kooning," Artforum, Vol. 3, No. 8, May 1965, p. 13, illustrated
Yoshiyuki Fuji and Yamakawa Kenichi, Contemporary Great Masters: Willem de Kooning, Tokyo 1993, pl. 73, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. There is light evidence of wear and handling to the edges, which have discolored slightly with age. The collaged element is stable and intact. There are faint diagonal creases to the vellum, which has discolored slightly with age, most noticeably in the upper right quadrant, inherent to the artist’s working method. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"The women I paint now are very friendly and pastoral, like my landscapes, and not so aggressive. Women are the symbol of civilization, like the Venus of Willendorf. I can't get away from the femaleness—those breasts are such great shapes."
Willem de Kooning