Secretary
Date
1948
Artist
Willem de Kooning, American, b. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1904–1997
Provenance
The artist, New York, from 1948
Harold Diamond, New York, from 1948-20 June 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 20 June 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, University of Texas at Austin. Painting as Painting, 18 February-1 April 1968, cat. no. 20, p. 22, ill. p. 31.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Willem de Kooning," cat. no. 26, ill. TOUR: STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Amsterdam, 19 September-17 November 1968; TATE GALLERY, London, 8 December-26 January 1969; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, 3 March-27 April, cat. no. 54, ill. p. 85; ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 17 May-6 July; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 28 July-14 September.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 699, colorplate 699, p. 483; p. 681.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston. "Miro in America," 21 April-27 June 1982, fig. 7, p. 10 (unnumbered checklist).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Willem de Kooning from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 21 October 1993-9 January 1994, cat. no. 5, pp. 198-99, 216; colorplate 5, p. 64-65. 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, Texas, 19 March-28 May 1995.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "de Kooning: A Retrospective," 18 September 2011-9 January 2012, fig. 10 (color), p. 20; colorplate 48, p. 158.
Published References
JACOBS, JAY. "Collector: Joseph H. Hirshhorn," Art in America 57 (July-August 1969): p. 68
JACOBS, JAY. "Quality as Well as Quantity: Joseph H. Hirshhorn," The Collector in America (New York: Viking, 1971), p. 73
DRUDI, GABRIELLA. Willem de Kooning (Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1972), ill. 38
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 700 no. 699, p. 681
GARSON, INEZ. Willem de Kooning in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Scala, 1974), no. 4
BARTON, BRUCE, and JAMES CRAIG. Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design (New York: Watson-Guptill, 1989), p. 171, no. 1
***GIBSON, AMY. Abstract Expressionism N6512 5 A25 G53 1997-not in book
GUAY, HERVE. "Willem de Kooning ou l'art dans sa totalite," Les Arts (November 1993): p. C12+.
UNSIGNED. "Museum and Dealer Catalogues" Drawing 16/1 (May/June 1994): p. 17.
UNSIGNED. "Willem de Kooning, figura clave del expresionismo abstracto," Panorama (February 1994): p. 8.
FRISACH, MONTSE. "El Arte de Kooning," Estrella Magazine 5 (Spring 1994) p. 3.
VOGEL, CAROL. "Inside Art," New York Times, Friday (4 October 1994) (page unknown).
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.1193
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil and charcoal on paper mounted on fiberboard
Dimensions
24 3/8 x 36 3/16 in. (62 x 92 cm)
