Reclining Man (John F. Kennedy)
Date
1963
Artist
Willem de Kooning, American, b. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1904–1997
Provenance
The artist, East Hampton, New York, 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Amsterdam. "Willem de Kooning," 19 September-17 November 1968, cat. no. 78, ill. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATING EXHIBITION, TOUR: TATE GALLERY, London, 8 December-26 January 1969; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, 3 March-27 April, cat. no. 90, ill. p. 127; ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 17 May-6 July; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 28 July -14 September.
THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, DC. Extended loan, May 1977.
BRAINERD ART GALLERY, State University of New York, Potsdam. "The Benefactors: Solomon R. Guggenheim, Joseph H. Hirshhorn, Roy R. Neuberger," 19 October-9 November, 1980, p. 12, ill. p. 29
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. 24, p. 202-3, 217, colorplate 24, p. 113. 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.
BRUCE MUSEUM, Greenwich, Connecticut. JFK and Art, 20 September 2003-11 January 2004. TOUR: NORTON MUSEUM OF ART, Palm Beach, Florida, 6 February-2 May, p. 110, ill. p. 111.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
Published References
DRUDI, GABRIELLA. Willem de Kooning (Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1972), ill. 25.
ROSENBERG, HAROLD. Willem de Kooning (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973), ill. plate 152.
GARSON, INEZ. Willem de Kooning at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Scala, 1974), p. 4, ill.
ZILCZER, JUDITH. Willem de Kooning from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection (New York: Rizzoli in association with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1993), cat. no. 24.
RODRIGUEZ, PEDRO. "Para Willem, Picasso ha sido el 'tipo a superar,'" ABC de las artes (18 February 1994): p. 33.
FOX, JUDITH HOOS. Collection in Context: William de Kooning's Door Cycle, March 14-May 26, 1996 (Davis Museum and Cultural Center, 1996): unpaginated.
LEWIS, NICOLE. "Missing and Missed," The Washington Post (2 July 1998): p. B5.
VOGEL, CAROL. "De Kooning and Kennedy," The New York Times (3 July 1998).
ZILCZER, JUDITH. "Identifying Willem de Kooning's Reclining Man," American Art 12/2 (Summer 1998): pp. 26-35.
NEW YORK TIMES. "De Kooning's 'Man' identified as JFK," San Francisco Chronicle (3 July 1998).
UNSIGNED. "Reliable Source: De Kooning and debunking sci-fi films," The Torch (September 1998): p. 4.
WEIL, REX. "Presidential Nominee: a sleuthing curator recognizes a familiar face in an unusual de Kooning," Art News 97/8 (September 1998): p. 47.
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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
66.1207
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on paper mounted on fiberboard
Dimensions
23 x 27 in. (58.4 x 68.6 cm)
