Woman
Date
(1964)
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
CORDIER & EKSTROM, New York (in association with the Public Education Association, New York). "Seven Decades, 1895-1965: Crosscurrents in Modern Art," 26 April-21 May 1966, cat. no. 290, p. 157
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. 28, p. 203, 217, colorplate 28, p. 118. 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.
DAVIS MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. "Collection in Content: Willem de Kooning's Door Cycle," 12 October 1995-26 February 1996, cat. no. 5. TOUR: WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART, New York, 14 March-26 May 1996, cat., ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
Published References
HESS, THOMAS B. "De Kooning's New Women," Art News 64 (March 1965), ill. p. 36
SUFFIELD, LAURA. "De Kooning at the Hirshhorn," The Art Newspaper 32 (November 1993): p. 10.
GRASSO, SEBASTIANO. "Espressionismo Astratto," Corriere della Sera (13 March 1994): p. 26.
VENDRELL, RAMON. "De Kooning solo visita Barcelona," A Barna 7 (February 1994): p. 9.
ELDERFIELD, JOHN, et al. de Kooning: A Retrospective (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2011), fig. 12, p. 362.
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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
66.1208
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on vellum mounted on paperboard, mounted on fiberboard
Dimensions
76 7/8 x 35 3/8 in. (193.8 x 90.4 cm)
