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Auction archive: Lot number 55

WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)

Estimate
US$3,000,000 - US$5,000,000
Price realised:
US$1,865,000
Auction archive: Lot number 55

WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)

Estimate
US$3,000,000 - US$5,000,000
Price realised:
US$1,865,000
Beschreibung:

Details
WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)
Two Figures
oil on canvas
36 x 48 in. (76.2 x 121.9 cm.)
Pained in 1968-1972.
Provenance
Estate of Willem de Kooning New York
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private collection, Australia
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2009
Literature
E. Leiser, Willem de Kooning and the Unexpected, Zurich, 1979 (video).
K. Wilkie, "Willem de Kooning: Portrait of a Modern Master", Holland Herald, 1982, p. 22 (studio view illustrated).
Abstract Expressionism - A World Elsewhere, exh. cat., New York, Haunch of Venison, 2008, p. 131 (studio view illustrated).
de Kooning: a Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, 2011, p. 440 (studio view illustrated).
Willem de Kooning, The Figure: Movement and Gesture; Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, exh. cat., New York, Pace Gallery, April-July 2011, n.p. (studio view illustrated).
J. Zilczer, A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning London, 2014, pp. 222 and 237 (studio view illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Willem de Kooning Sculpture, May-June 1996.
Paddington, Martin Browne Fine Art, A Selection of Post-War International Paintings and Sculpture, July-August 1997 (illustrated).

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
17 May 2023
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Details
WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)
Two Figures
oil on canvas
36 x 48 in. (76.2 x 121.9 cm.)
Pained in 1968-1972.
Provenance
Estate of Willem de Kooning New York
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private collection, Australia
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2009
Literature
E. Leiser, Willem de Kooning and the Unexpected, Zurich, 1979 (video).
K. Wilkie, "Willem de Kooning: Portrait of a Modern Master", Holland Herald, 1982, p. 22 (studio view illustrated).
Abstract Expressionism - A World Elsewhere, exh. cat., New York, Haunch of Venison, 2008, p. 131 (studio view illustrated).
de Kooning: a Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, 2011, p. 440 (studio view illustrated).
Willem de Kooning, The Figure: Movement and Gesture; Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, exh. cat., New York, Pace Gallery, April-July 2011, n.p. (studio view illustrated).
J. Zilczer, A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning London, 2014, pp. 222 and 237 (studio view illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Willem de Kooning Sculpture, May-June 1996.
Paddington, Martin Browne Fine Art, A Selection of Post-War International Paintings and Sculpture, July-August 1997 (illustrated).

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
17 May 2023
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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