Untitled III
Object Details
- Artist
- Willem de Kooning, American, b. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1904–1997
- Provenance
- The artist, East Hampton, New York, 1981
- Xavier Fourcade Gallery, New York, January 1982-12 August 1982
- Partial Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, by exchange, and Museum Purchase, 1982
- Exhibition History
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Five Distinguished Alumni: The W.P.A. Federal Art Project, An Exhibition Honoring the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Centennial," 21 January-22 February 1982, no. 9, ill. p. 5.
- XAVIER FOURCADE, INC., New York. "Willem de Kooning: New Paintings, 1981-1982," 17 March-1 May 1982, ill. announcement cover.
- STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Amsterdam. "Willem de Kooning: The North Atlantic Light 1960-1983," 11 May-3 July 1983, no. 35, p. 58, ill. TOUR: LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Humlebaek, 15 July-4 September; MODERNA MUSEET, Stockholm, 17 September-30 October.
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture," 15 December 1983-26 February 1984, no. 252, ill. p. 235. TOUR: AKADEMIE DER KUNSTE, Berlin, 11 March-29 April; MUSEE NATIONAL D'ART MODERNE, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 28 June-24 September, ill. p. 143.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Willem de Kooning from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 21 October 1993-9 January 1994, no. 49. 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.
- SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. "Willem de Kooning: The Late Paintings, the 1980's," 29 September 1995-7 January 1996, cat. no. 3, p. 83; p. 118-9. TOUR: WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 4 February-5 May; KUNSTMUSEUM, Bonn, 14 June-11 August; MUSEUM BOYMANS-VAN BEUNINGEN, Rotterdam, 9 September-25 November; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, 22 January-29 April 1997.
- L & M ARTS, New York. "Willem de Kooning 1981-1986," 11 September-17 November 2007.
- MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "de Kooning: A Retrospective," 18 September 2011-9 January 2012, p. 450; colorplate 181, p. 452.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Peter Coffin: Here and There," 29 June-6 October 2013, no cat.
- Published References
- HAMILTON, SUSAN, ed. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Centennial Calendar
- of Events (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982), ill. p. 17
- GARCIA-HERRAIZ, ENRIQUE. "El Gran Legado de los Abstractos de Kooning y Motherwell," Goya 166 (January/February 1982), p. 227, ill.
- BERMAN, AVIS. "Willem de Kooning: 'I am Only Halfway Through,'" Art
- News 81/2 (February 1982), p. 68
- (SWIFT, MARY.) "F.D.Art at W.P.A.," The Georgtowner (February 5-18,
- 1982), p. 25
- WILKIE, KEN. "Willem de Kooning: Portrait of a Modern Master," Holland
- Herald 17/3 ([March?] 1982), ill. pp. 22 (in studio), 24
- SCHJELDAHL, PETER. "Delights by de Kooning," Village Voice (13 April 1982), ill. p. 79 (installation photograph at Fourcade)
- ROSE, BARBARA. "De Kooning and Hockney--New Approaches to Drawing," Vogue (July 1982), ill. p. 194
- PHILLIPS, DEBORAH C. "Willem de Kooning," Art News 81 (Summer 1982), p. 195
- CAMPBELL, LAWRENCE. "Willem de Kooning at Fourcade," Art in America 70 (September 1982), p. 161
- GAUGH, HARRY F. Willem de Kooning (New York: Abbeville Press, 1983),
- frontispiece
- UNSIGNED. "Washington [exhibitions]," Residence 5 (November 1983)
- PEPPER, CURTIS BILL. "The Indomitable de Kooning," New York Times
- Magazine (20 November 1983), sec. 6, ill. pp. 46-47
- SOLLERS, PHILIPPE. De Kooning, Vite (Paris: Editions de la Difference,
- 1987), no. 106, ill.
- WALDMAN, DIANE. Willem de Kooning (New York: Harry N. Abrams with
- the National Museum of American Art, 1988), no. 108
- GODDARD, DONALD. American Painting (New York: Hugh Lauter Levin
- Associates, 1990), p. 249
- TULLY, JUDY. "De Kooning at 90," Art & Auction 16/4 (November 1993): pp. 114-119, 162.
- UNSIGNED. "Artist Roy Lichtenstein turns 70; tributes to Willem de Kooning," The Philadelphia Inquirer ( 5 December 1993): p. H6.
- CATEFORIS, DAVID. "Willem de Kooning," Art Journal 53/4 (Winter 1994): 86-89.
- SCHIFF, BENNETT. "For de Kooning painting has been 'a way of living,'" Smithsonian 25/1 (April 1994): p. 108.
- LASKER, JONATHAN. "Willem de Kooning: Paintings for Life," Jong Holland 1 (10 January 1994): p. 4.
- WOLFE, JUDITH. "Van Wim tot Bill de Kooning: Zeven decennia thematiek en vorm," Jong Holland 1 (10 Jargaang 1994): p. 6.
- TULLY, JUDD. Art & Value 2/1 (1994): p. 61.
- FAIRBROTHER, TREVOR. "Willem de Kooning: The Hirshhorn Museum Collection," Preview: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (November, December 1994): p. 5.
- FORMAN, DEBBIE. Cape Cod Times ([1994 or 1995]): C1, C6.
- CHADWICK, SUSAN. Willem de Kooning: MFA show not as abstract as artist's vision," The Houston Post (23 MArch 1995): p. D1, D8.
- KALIL, SUSIE. "Defining de Kooning," Houston Press (20-26 April 1995): p. 4.
- GARRELS, GARY. "Three Toads in the Garden: Line, Color, and Form," Willem de Kooning: The Late Paintings, the 1980's (1997): 10.
- STORR, ROBERT. "At LAst Light," Willem de Kooning: The Late Paintings, the 1980's (1997): p. 40.
- AIME, JENNIFER. "Abstract Reality: Willem de Kooning's late work marked by Alzheimer's disease," A&E (1 February 1996): pp. 1-3.
- ANFAM, DAVID. "San Francisco and Minneapolis: Late de Kooning," The Burlington Magazine (March 1996): p. 218.
- ARTNER, ALAN. "The last master," Chicago Tribune (6 April 1997): section 7.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Partial gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, by exchange, and Museum purchase, 1982
- (1981)
- Accession Number
- 82.135
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 88 x 77 1/16 in. (223.4 x 195.6 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_82.135
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2a363cb1b-f4d7-4ce8-aaea-772c38368099
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