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Date
Artist
Willem de Kooning, American, b. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1904–1997
Provenance
Jeanne Reynal, New York
Harold Diamond, New York, to 23 January 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 23 January 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Abstract Drawings and Watercolors: USA," 1962-63, cat. no. 43, ill. TOUR: MUSEO DE BELLES ARTES, Caracas, 14 January-14 February 1962; MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA, Rio de Janeiro, 29 March-22 April; MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA, Sao Paolo, 10-30 May; MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNA, Buenos Aires, 2-22 July; SALON MUNICIPAL DE EXPOSICIONES, Montevideo, 3-19 August; REIFSHNEIDER GALLERY, Santiago, 24 September-6 October; INSTITUTO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, Lima, 23 October-3 November; CASA DE LA CULTURA EQUATORIANA, Guyaquil, 10-16 November; MUSEO DE ARTE COLONIAL, Quito, 23-30 November; MUSEO NACIONAL, Bogota, 6-27 February 1963; INSTITUTO PANAMENO DE ARTE, Panama City, 11-26 March; PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES, Mexico City, 8-28 May.
ALLAN STONE GALLERY, New York. "Willem de Kooning, Retrospective Drawings, 1936-63," 1-29 February 1964, catalogue, ill., n.p.
MATHILDENHOHE, Darmstadt, Germany. "I. Internationale der Zeichnung," 12 September-15 November 1964, p. 135.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Willem de Kooning," cat. no. 104, 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. 116, ill. p. 61; ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 17 May-6 July; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 28 July-14 September.
WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis. "De Kooning: Drawings and Sculptures," 9 March-21 April 1974. TOUR: NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa, 7 June-21 July; PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, D.C., 14 September-17 October; ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo, 2 December-19 January 1975; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 22 February-6 April; WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY GALLERY OF ART, Steinberg Hall, St. Louis, 20 May-22 June 1975.
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. 9, p. 199, 216, colorplate 9, p. 70-71. TOUR: FUNDACIO "LA CAIXA," CENTRE CULTURAL, Barcelona, Spain, 17 February-3 April 1994; HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta, Georgia, 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.
Published References
FRIED, MICHAEL. "New York Letter, " Art International 8 (April 1964), ill. p. 59
ROSENBERG, HAROLD. Willem de Kooning (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973), ill. plate 72.
GARSON, INEZ. Willem de Kooning in the Hirshhorn Museum and SculptureGarden (New York: Scala, 1974),
ill., n.p.
MIYAHARA, YASUHARU. "Willem de Kooning--The Angry Youths," Mizue 10 (October 1975), p. 77, ill.
YARD, SALLY E. "Willem de Kooning: The First Twenty-six Years in New York--1927-1952," unpublished Ph.D. dissertation (Princeton University, 1980) fig. 228
ZILCZER, JUDITH. "The Drawings of Ibram Lassaw," Drawing 4 (July/August 1982), p. 31, fig. 5.
RICHARD, PAUL. "De Kooning: Driven to Abstraction," The Washington Post (21 October 1993): p. B1, B10.
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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
66.1196
Type
Drawing
Medium
Enamel on paper
Dimensions
18 15/16 x 25 1/2 in. (48 x 64.9 cm)