Gift of the artist to the present owner in December 1981

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the canvas and paper are taped. There are scattered oil stains visible in the unpainted areas of the sheet presumably from the time of execution. The colors are bright and fresh. Under close inspection, there are scattered pinpoint spot and media accretions throughout. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"[The paintings of the 60s and 70s] seem to reflect the artist's response to the real world: the watery environment of East Hampton and the sensuality of human flesh. In Woman, Sag Harbor, for example, de Kooning outlined the figure's torso with a brush heavily loaded with a fluid yellow paint, which he brushed through still-wet areas of pink, red, green, and blue. As he worked, he dragged in the adjacent colors, blending them on the surface."

Susan F. Lake, Willem de Kooning: The Artist's Materials, Los Angeles 2010, p. 68