Willem de Kooning, American, b. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1904–1997 Search this
Medium:
Charcoal and crayon on waxed paper
Dimensions:
79 7/8 x 35 15/16 in. (202.9 x 91.3 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
(1964)
Provenance:
The artist, East Hampton, New York, 1964
Harold Diamond, New York, to 4 June 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 4 June 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History:
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture," 15 December 1983-26 February 1984, cat. no. 86, ill. p. 85. TOUR: AKADEMIE DER KUNSTE, Berlin, 11 March-29 April 1984; MUSEE NATIONAL D'ART MODERNE, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 28 June-24 September, cat. no. 86, p. 85.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Willem de Kooning from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 21 October 1993-9 January 1994, no. 29. TOUR: FUNDACIO "LA CAIXA", CENTRE CULTURAL, Barcelona, 17 February-3 April; HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta, 13 September-27 November; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 10 December-19 February 1995; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 19 March-28 May.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "de Kooning: A Retrospective," 18 September 2011-9 January 2012, colorplate 124, p. 358; pp. 356, 360.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
Published References:
RATCLIFF, CARTER. "The Past Undone: Willem de Kooning," Art in America 72 (Summer 1984), ill. p 120
RICHARD, PAUL. "De Kooning: Driven to Abstraction," The Washington Post (21 October 1993): p. B1, B10.
GIBSON, ERIC. "de Kooning exhibit offers unexpected insights," Metropolitan Times (8 November 1993): p. C17.
GUAY, HERVE. "Willem de Kooning ou l'art dans sa totalite," Le Devoir (27, 28 November 1993): p. C12.
UNSIGNED. "Artist Roy Lichtenstein turns 70; tribute to Willem de Kooning," Philadelphia Inquirer (5 December 1993): p. H6
UNSIGNED. "Museum and Dealer Catalogues" Drawing 16/1 (May/June 1994): p. 17.
PRATHER, MARLA. Willem de Kooning: Paintings (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994): p. 174.
FOX, CATHERINE. "De Kooning at the High; His is legacy of abstraction," The Atlanta Journal (25 September 1994): p. N3.
UNSIGNED. "De Kooning Retrospective honors artist's birthday," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (4 November 1994): p. 99.
UNSIGNED. "De Kooning Retrospective honors artist's birthday," Montgomery Adviser (11 September 1994).
UNSIGNED. "Willem de Kooning at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Journal of the Print World (Winter 1995).
JOHNSON, PATRICIA. "Willem de Kooning: abstract women and master strokes define MFA exhibit," The Houston Chronicle (18 March 1995): p. 1C, 8C.
KUTNER, JANET. "Canvassing de Kooning's lifetime of art," The Dallas Morning News (9 April 1995): p. 1C, 8C.
SCHICHE, ERICKA. "Dutch master de Kooning: house painter no more," Public News ( 3 May 1995): p. 7.
ZILCZER, JUDITH. "Artist and Patron: the formation of the Hirshhorn Museum's Willem de Kooning collection," Journal of the History of Collections 8/1 (1996): pp. 117-125.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
