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Lot 137
  • 137

Willem De Kooning

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Willem de Kooning
  • Untitled
  • signed
  • oil on newsprint laid on canvas

  • 29 1/2 by 22 1/2 in. 74.9 by 57.2 cm.
  • Executed in 1977.

Provenance

Private Collection
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Dr. Maurice P. Leibovitz, New York
Sotheby's, New York, May 3, 1995, lot 276
Lars Ulrich, California
Christie's, London, June 28, 2002, lot 146
Private Collection, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The exposed newsprint has yellowed slightly with age. Under ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed under Plexiglas.
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