Willem De Kooning

Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York
B.C. Holland, Inc., Chicago
Langer & Co. Fine Arts, New York
The Pace Gallery, New York
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York
C & M Arts, New York
Marlborough Galerie A.G., Zurich
Private Collection, Zurich
 

Kansas City, Smith Kramer Art Connections, American Works on Paper, December 1983 - December 1985, cat. no. 54
New York, Langer & Co. Fine Arts, Selected Works by Contemporary Masters, April - May 1988
New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, de Kooning Works on Paper, October - December 1993, cat. no. 23
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Plane-Figure: Amerikanische Kunst Aus Schweizer Sammlungen, August 2006, cat. no. 47

This work is in very good condition overall. There is minor age discoloration to the sheet with several spots of foxing in the lower right corner. There is evidence of matt burn from a previous framing, unobtrusive in the current matting. The top edge of the sheet was torn from a spiral bound notebook. There is a small loss to the paper 1/2 in. from the left extending 1/2 in. along the top edge. There is a ½ in. tear to the sheet in the top right corner, 3/4 in. from the right edge. A repaired vertical tear extends 5 in. from the top, 3/4 in. from the right. Hinged at the top corners and framed in blond wood under UV protectant museumglass.
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