Willem de Kooning

Nana de Craiova and Eddy Novarro, São Paulo (acquired directly from the artist)
Sylvia Menzel Gallery, Berlin
Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., Beverly Hills
Private Collection, Los Angeles

Beverly Hills, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., Willem de Kooning: An Exhibition of Important Paintings and Works on Paper, January - February 1991, cat. no. 33

This work is in very good condition. The newsprint is discolored with age with a soft ripple to the sheet. There is a verticle crease running down the center, at the fold of the newspaper. There are a series of small pin-holes running ½ in. above the bottom edge. Framed under UF-3 Plexiglas in black wood.
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The dedication refers to the photographer Eddy Novarro and his wife.  Novarro was a friend and photographer to many artists including de Kooning and Tom Wesselmann.