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Willem de Kooning (American, 1904-1997) Untitled circa 1945 image 1
Willem de Kooning (American, 1904-1997) Untitled circa 1945 image 2
Willem de Kooning (American, 1904-1997) Untitled circa 1945 image 3
PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITION FUND
Lot 19

Willem de Kooning
(American, 1904-1997)
Untitled
circa 1945

18 November 2020, 13:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$80,000 inc. premium

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Willem de Kooning (American, 1904-1997)

Untitled
circa 1945

signed
oil and charcoal on paper

23 1/8 by 33 in.
58.7 by 83.8 cm.

This work was executed circa 1945.

Footnotes

Provenance
The Artist, New York
The Collection of Joseph and Jory Shapiro, Chicago (acquired from the above)
Gifted directly from the above to the present owner in 1976

Exhibited
Chicago, University of Chicago, The Renaissance Society, Watercolors, Drawings, and Collages from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, 1958
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Selections from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, 1969-1970, no. 100
Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Willem de Kooning, 1941-1959, 1974, no. 3, n.p., illustrated
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters: Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Philip Guston, 1976
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Selections from the Permanent Collection, 1989
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Under Development: Dreaming the MCA's Collection, 1994, no. 47
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, MCA DNA: New York School, 2012

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