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Object Details
- Artist
- Willem de Kooning, American, b. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1904–1997
- Provenance
- Herbert Ferber, New York, by 1954
- E. V. Thaw and Co., New York
- Lawrence Rubin (Park Arts Gallery), New York, to 10 January 1968
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 10 January 1968-31 August 1981
- Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
- Exhibition History
- CHARLES EGAN GALLERY, New York. "Willem de Kooning," April 1948.
- 28th VENICE BIENNALE, "Stati Uniti d'America: 2 pittori: de Kooning, Shahn; 3 scultori: Lachaise, Lassaw, Smith," 19 June-17 October 1954, cat. no. 54, p. 395, and Museum of Modern Art separate publication, no. 4, unpaginated
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture," 15 December 1983-26 February 1984, cat. no. 161, ill. p. 159. TOUR: AKADEMIE DER KUNSTE, Berlin, 11 March-29 April 1984; MUSEE NATIONAL D'ART MODERNE, CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris, 28 June-24 September 24, p. 71, ill.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest," 7 August-16 November 1986, unpublished checklist, no. 30.
- MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Los Angeles. "Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945-1968," 6 December 1986-10 January 1988, p. 341, not illustrated.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Willem de Kooning from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 21 October 1993 - 9 January 1994, no. 4, p. 63. TOUR: FUNDACIO "LA CAIXA," CENTRE CULTURAL, Barcelona, 17 February -3 April 1994; HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta, 13 September - 27 November 1994; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 10 December 1994 - 19 February 1995; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 19 March - 28 May 1995.
- IVAM CENTRE JULIO GONZALEZ, Valencia, Spain, "Willem de Kooning," 20 September-2 December 2001, cat. p. 99. TOUR: FUNDACIO LA CAIXA, Madrid, 20 December 2001-23 March 2002.
- JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. "Action/Abstraction: Abstract Expressionism and Postwar America," 2 May-21 September 2008. Tour: SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM, Missouri, 17 October-25 January 2009; ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo, 27 February-31 May.
- MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "de Kooning: A Retrospective," 18 September 2011-9 January 2012, pp. 167-168; colorplate 54, p. 170.
- Published References
- HESS, THOMAS B. Willem de Kooning (New York: Braziller, 1959), p. 23, ill. 71. [Note incorrect reference to Zurich as containing letters "ABC" -- these letters appear in Noon. Later reference to letters "ZOT" in Zurich is correct.]
- DRUDI, GABRIELLA. Willem de Kooning (Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1972), p. 20, ill. 32.
- ROSENBERG, HAROLD. Willem de Kooning (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), ill. plate 49.
- GARSON, INEZ. Willem de Kooning in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Scala, 1974), no. 5.
- RICHARD, PAUL. " Hirshhorn: A Collector's Touch," The Washington Post (August 9, 1986), p. D8.
- STUCKEY, CHARLES F. "Bill de Kooning and Joe Christmas," Art in America (March 1980), pp. 70 and 79, n. 7.
- SCHUG, ALBERT. Die 100 Schonsten Gemalde der Welt (Koln: Naumann & Gobel Verlagsgesellschaft, 1990): p. 14+.
- MARTIN, JENNIFER, et al. L'art des Etats-Unis (Citadelles & Mazenod, 1992): no. 597, p. 567.
- RICHARD, PAUL. "De Kooning: Driven to Abstraction," The Washington Post (21 October 1993): B1, B10.
- SUFFIELD, LAURA. "De Kooning at the Hirshhorn," The Art Newspaper 32 (November 1993): p. 10.
- ZILCZER, JUDITH. "William de Kooning from the Hirshhorn Collection," American Art Review 5/5 (Fall 1993): 104-5.
- UNSIGNED. "Willem de Kooning: Hirshhorn Museum," Journal of the Print World (Fall 1993).
- GUAY, HERVE. "Willem de Kooning ou l'art dans sa totalite," Le Devoir (27-28 November 1993): C12.
- CARNEGIE, M.D.. "Insides Out," Washington City Paper (10 December 1993): p. 52.
- SMITH, ROBERTA. "De Kooning's 90th Birthday nears, and Hirshhorn leads the tribute," New York Times (14 December 1993): C19.
- CATEFORIS, DAVID. "Willem de Kooning," Art Journal 53/4 (Winter 1994): 86-89.
- UNSIGNED. "Exhibition," The European (10 February 1994)
- UNSIGNED. "De Kooning, la proxima semana en Barcelona," El Punto de las Artes (11-17 February 1994).
- GAFAROT, XAVIER. "Barcelona acoge desde hoy la unica mustra europea de De Kooning," Diario 16 (18 February 1994).
- UNSIGNED. "La Fundacion La Caixa exhibe una muestra univa de Willem de Kooning," El Diario (18 February 1994).
- EFE. "El creador americano De Kooning exhibe en Barcelona una antologica de 50 obras," Cordoba (18 February 1994).
- EFE. "Una muestra reune 50 obras de Willem de Kooning ensu 90 aniversario," El Progreso (19 February 1994): p. 61.
- ZILCZER, JUDITH. "Willem de Kooning," Art de l'arc mediterraneen 7 (February 1994): p. 18.
- UNSIGNED. "Willem de Kooning, figura clave del expresionismo abstracto," Panorama (February 1994): p. 8.
- UNSIGNED. "Willem de Kooning," Arte Omega (February-March 1994): p. 53.
- UNSIGNED. "Cultura," El Temps (8 March 1994).
- JBC. "De Kooning en Barcelona," Tendencias (March 1994): p. 33.
- SCHIFF, BENNETT. "For de Kooning, painting has been 'a way of living,'" Smithsonian 25/1 (April 1994): 108-119.
- SYLVESTER, DAVID and RICHARD SCHIFF. Willem de Kooning: Paintings (Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1994): p. 94.
- DIXON, GLENN. "Art for Art's Sake," City's Paper (27 May 1994): p. 34.
- UNSIGNED. "Museum and Dealer catalogues," Drawing 16/1 (May-June 1994): p. 17-18.
- SPRECHER, MARY. "An abstract look at Kooning," Southern Flair (September 1994).
- UNSIGNED. "De Kooning Retrospective honors Artist's Birthday," Antiques and The Arts Weekly (4 November 1994): p. 99.
- UNSIGNED. "Willem de Kooning at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Journal of the Print World (Winter 1995).
- KALIL, SUSIE. "Defining de Kooning," Houston Press (20-26 April 1995): p. 4.
- 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): 117-125.
- YARD, SALLY. Willem de Kooning (New York: Rizzoli, 1997): p. 38.
- HACKER ART BOOKS. [Advertisement] (date unknown).
- HACKER ART BOOKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE. [Advertisement] (1997).
- MORRIS, CATHERINE. The Essential Willem de Kooning (Wonderland Press, 1999): p. 56.
- RM. "L'IVAM presenta una retrospectiva del pintor abstracte: Willem de Kooning," El Temps (4-10 September 2001): p. 89.
- UNSIGNED. "De Kooning en Valencia," El Cultural (19 May 2001): p. 24.
- MOLINA, ANGELA. "De Kooning un alma errante," ABC Cultural (8 September 2001): p. 31.
- UNSIGNED. [uknown article and publication] (September 2001): p. 99.
- UNSIGNED. "Valencia: Willem de Kooning," Marie Claire (October 2001): p. 140.
- VALLINA, SONSOLES. "Willem de Kooning y la pintura postmoderna," [unknown publication] (2001).
- BLASCO, NURIA. "Willem de Kooning: IVAM Institut Valencia d'art Modern hasta el 2 de Diciembre de 2001," Arte (2001): p. 36.
- UNSIGNED. "El Renacimiento y El Orden," Arte y Parte (2001): p. 76.
- SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK. A Private American Collection (Tuesday, November 12, 2002): p. 53.
- SHIFF, RICHARD. "Amuleto," in Cy Twombly (London: Tate Publishing, 2008), fig. 9, p. 27.
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 109, p. 125.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
- 1947
- Accession Number
- 86.1355
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil and enamel on paper mounted on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 36 x 24 1/8 in. (91.4 x 61.3 cm)
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- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
- On View
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_86.1355
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py27311daf7-e3c0-4a75-a195-dbb9a722907a
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