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Lot 17
  • 17

Willem De Kooning

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Willem de Kooning
  • Woman Study
  • signed

  • charcoal and pastel on paper
  • 24 by 18 7/8 in. 61 by 47.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1963.

Exhibited

New York, Allan Stone Gallery, de Kooning's Women, April - May 1966, illustrated

Literature

Gabriella Drudi, Willem de Kooning, Milan, 1972, illustrated
Thomas B. Hess, Willem de Kooning Drawings, Greenwich, 1972, p. 238, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet has yellowed slightly with age. There is a slight undulation to the sheet inherent to the artist's working method. All surface nuances appear inherent to the medium and the artist's working method. Framed under Plexiglas.
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