Seated Woman on a Bench
Date
(1972/cast 1976)
Artist
Willem de Kooning, American, b. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1904–1997
Provenance
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 9 November 1976-31 August 1981
(Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. "Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest," 7 August-16 November 1986, no. 31 (unpublished checklist)
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.. "Willem de Kooning from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 21 October 1993 - 9 January 1994, no. 46, p. 142-3. 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.
MATTHEW MARKS GALLERY, New York. "Willem de Kooning: Sculpture," 1996, cat. no. 18.
THE WHITE HOUSE (organized by the National Gallery of Art), Washington, DC. Sculpture from Washington Collections, 4 October 1996 - 30 September 1997, brochure, ill.
Published References
WALDMAN, DIANE. Willem de Kooning in East Hampton (New York: Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum, 1978), p. 120, no. 89
COPPET, LAURA DE and ALAN JONES. The Art Dealers (Alan Jones and Laura de Coppet, 1984): p. 184.
GUAY, HERVE. "Willem de Kooning ou l'art dans sa totalite," Le Devoir (27-28 November 1993): C12.
UNSIGNED. "Fantastic Fusions," Wingspan (December 1993).
UNSIGNED. "Around and Abount SI," The Torch (January 1994): p. 2.
CATEFORIS, DAVID. "Willem de Kooning," Art Journal 53/4 (Winter 1994): 86-89.
ZILCZER, JUDITH. "Willem de Kooning, pionero y lider del expresionismo abstracto," Panorama (March 1994): p. 9.
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.
TEMIN, CHRISTINE. "Rediscovering De Kooning," The Boston Globe (9 December 1994): p. 49.
UNSIGNED. "Willem de Kooning at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Journal of the Print World (Winter 1995).
ZILCZER, JUDTIH. "Artist and patron: the formation of the Hirshhorn Museum's Willem de Kooning collection," Journal of the History of Collections 8/1 (1996): p. 117-125.
BARNES, BART. "Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning Dies," Washington Post (20 March 1997): A1.
KOTZ, MARY LYN. "At the White House: The First Lady's Sculpture Garden," Sculpture Magazine (July-August 1998): p. 28.
FLETCHER, VALERIE J.. A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1998).
MORRIS, CATHERINE. The Essential Willem de Kooning (Wonderland Press, 1999): p. 96.
FINEBERG, JONATHAN. Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being (Second Edition) (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000).
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School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
86.1364
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
37 3/4 x 36 x 34 3/8 in. (95.9 x 91.9 x 87.4 cm)
