Lot 35
  • 35

Willem de Kooning

Estimate
2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Willem de Kooning
  • Untitled (Woman)
  • signed
  • oil on paper mounted on masonite
  • 39 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. 99.7 x 72.4 cm.
  • Executed circa 1965.

Provenance

Paul Kantor, Los Angeles
Stephen Mazoh, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in November 1985

Exhibited

Beverly Hills, Paul Kantor Gallery, Willem de Kooning, March - April 1965, n.p., illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The mounted paper is slightly darker overall and the side and bottom edges have darkened from the frame. The paper edge is irregular, 8 in. along the top right corner and extending ½ - ¾ in. down. Under UV light, there are no apparent restorations. This work is framed in a giltwood frame with a linen liner.
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