Property from an Important East Coast Collection
Head #3
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November 17, 10:26 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Property from an Important East Coast Collection
Willem de Kooning
1904 - 1997
Head #3
incised with artist's signature and numbered de Kooning 12/12 (on the reverse)
bronze
19 by 11 1/2 by 11 5/8 in.
48.3 by 29.2 by 29.5 cm.
Executed in 1973; this example n꧒umber 12 from an edition of 12 plus 3 artist's proofs.
Jane Bell, "Willem de Kooning’s New Work," Arts Magazine, p. 79, November 1975, illustrated
Peter Frank, The Small Scale in Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1975, no. 27, illustrated
Ellen Schwartz, "Chillida Silent Music, de Kooning Eloquent and Ambivalent," Art News, March 1980, p. 68, illustrated
Harry Gaugh, Willem de Kooning, New York, 1983, no. 90, p. 101, illustrated
H. P., "A Delight in a Different Direction," Times, 17 November 1984, illustrated
Joop M. Joosten, Twenty Years of Collecting, Amsterdam, 1984, no. 441, p. 231, illustrated
Phillipe Sollers, De Kooning Vite II (Euvres), Paris, 1988, no. 79, illustrated
"Continuing Education & Summer Session 1996," School Bulletin, University of New🍸 Hampshire, 1996 illustrated in color (inside cover)
Exh. Cat., New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Willem de Kooning: Sculpture, 1996, p. 57 (another example illustrated)
Judith Zilczer, "Artist and Patron: The Formation of the Hirshhorn Museum Willem de Kooning Collection," Journal of the History of Collection,&nbs❀p;vol. 8, 1996, no. 1, fig. 12, p. 124♊, illustrated
B. Jansen, "Tot So Vier/ Up to Now: The Imaginary Museum of Rudi Fuchs," Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Bulletin, 2003, p. 9, illustrated
H. Sawyer, "In Balance," New York Spaces, October 2009, p. 95 illus.
Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, de Kooning: A Retrospective, 2011, no. 1, p. 404, illustrated
Rosallind Krauss, Willem de Kooning Nonstop: Cherchez la Femme, Chicago, 2015, no. 71, p. 142, illustrated
Toronto, Pollock Gallery, de Kooning: Major Paintings and Sculpture, 1974
San Antonio, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, Collector-Gallery VIII, November-December 1974 Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada; Washington D.C., Phillips Collection; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; St. Louis, Washington University Gallery of Art, de Kooning: Drawing/Sculpture, 1974 - 1975, no. 148
Art Institute of Chicago, Thirty-Fourth Exhibition of the Society for Contemporary Art, 1975, n.p., illustrated
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery and Paris, Galerie des Arts, Willem de Kooning, 1975, no. 43, illustrated
New York, Fourcade, Droll Gallery, de Kooning: New Works-Paintings and Sculptures, 1975, illustrated
West Palm Beach, Norton Gallery of Art, de Kooning: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture: 1967-1975, December 1975ꦦ - February 1976, no. 27, illustrated
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Matrix 15 (A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art): Willem de Kooning, December 1975 - January 1976
Seattle Art Museum, Modern Art Pavilion, de Kooning: New Painting and Sculpture, February - March 1976
Amsterdam, Collection de'Art I, Willem de Kooning, May - July 1976
Los Angeles, James Corcoran Gallery, Willem de Kooning: Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, May - June 1976, no. 58, illustrated
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Paintings and Sculpture Today, June - July 1976
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., de Koonings: New Paintings: 1976, October - November 1976
University of Texas at Austin, University Art Museum, de Kooning: Lithographs, Paintings and Sculptures, October - November 1976, no. 22, illustrated
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museumder Stadt; Geneva, Cabinet des estampes, Musee d'art et d'histoire and Grenoble, Musée des Peintures et des Sculptures, Willem de Kooning: Beelden en lithis, March 1976 - Septemb🍬er🧔 1977, no. B22, illustrated
University of Houston, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, de Kooning: Recent Works, January - March 1977
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Works on Paper, Small Format, Object: Duchamp to Heizer, February - March 1977
Paris, Galerie Daniel Templon, Willem de Kooning: peintures et sculptures recentes, Septe𓆏mber - October 1977🌼 (another example exhibited)
Edinburgh, Fruit Market Gallery and London, Serpentine Gallery, The Sculptures of de Kooning with Related Paintings, Drawings and Lithographs, October 1977 - January 1978, no.🧸 22, illustrated
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Willem de Kooning in East Hampton, February - April 1978, no. 93, illustrated
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Large Scale Small Scale, April - June 1978
Bridgeport, Museum of Art, Science of Industry, Fairfield Arts Festival, 15th Annual Fairfield Arts Festival: Artist of the Year, June 1978
Cedar Falls, University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art; St. Louis Art Museum; Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, De Kooning 1969-78, October 1978 - April 1979, p. 46 no. 35, 🌺i✱llustrated
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Willem de Kooning: New Painting, 1978-1979, November 1979
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Willem de Kooning: Pittsburgh International Series💯, October 1979 - January 1980, p. 141, no. 124, illus🦹trated
Seattle, Richard Hines Gallery, Willem de Kooning: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, January - March 1980
New York University, Grey Art Gallery and Studies Center, Perceiving Modern Sculpture, July - August 1980, p. 31, illustrated
Düsseldorf, Galerie Hans Strelow, Willem de Kooning: Gemlde, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, November - December 1980
East Hampton, Guild Hall, Willem de Kooning: Works from 1951-1981, May - July 1981, n.p., illustrated
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Willem de Kooning: New Paintings 1951-1981, May - July 1981
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Humlebaek, Luisiana Museum of Modern Art; Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Willem de Kooning, The North Atlantic Light 1960-1983, May - October 1983, p. 111, no. 70, illustrated
New York, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., Willem de Kooning: The Complete Sculpture, May - June 1983
Cologne, Joseph-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Willem de Kooning: Skulpturen, September - Octob📖er 1983, p. 72, no. 20, illustrated
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Berlin, Academie der Kunst, Paris, Muse National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Willem de Kooning: Drawing-Painting-Sculpture🐭, December 1983 - August 1984, p. 260, no. 276, illustrated
Paris, Galerie Daniel Templon and Düsseldorf, Galerie Hans Strelow, de Kooning, June - October 1984
Goslar, Mönchehaus Museum, Exhibition on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Kaiserring to Willem de Kooning, September - October 1984
London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Willem de Kooning: Painting and Sculpture 1979-1983, November 198꧙4 - Jaꦍnuary 1985, no. 18, illustrated
University of Washington in Seattle, Henry Art Gallery, Modern Masters and The Figure: Picasso-de Kooning, September - November 1993
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; Barcelona, Fundacio "la Caixa," Centre Cultural; Atlanta, High Museum; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Willem de Kooning from the Hirschhorn Museum Collection, October 1993 🍌- May 1995,🍒 p. 144, no. 47, illustrated
Seattle Art Museum, Willem de Kooning in Seattle: Selected Works from 1943-1985 in Public and Private Collection, November 1995 - March 1996, n.p., illustrated
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art and Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, Visage: Paintings and the Human Face in 20th Century Art, January - March 2000, p🌟. 141, no. 87, illustrated
New York, C & M Art, Willem de Kooning: Selected Paintings and Sculpture, 1964-1973, Oct🍰ober - December 2000, no. 14 (another example exhibited and illustrated🔴)
New York, C & A Art, About Faces, January - March 2001
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Tot zo ver, April - December 2003
Madrid, Galeria Elvira Gonzalez, Restos de Mascaras, May - July 2006, n.p., illustrated
Vienna, Sammlung Hubert Looser, My Private Passion, April - ♑July 2012, no. 11, pp. 27 and 124, illustrated in color
New York, Richard Gray Gallery, Fun House, March - April 2013
Kunsthaus Zurich, Die Sammlung Hubert Looser im Kunsthaus Zurich, 2013, p. 16, illustrated
New York, Skarstedt Gallery, de Kooning: Sculptures 1972-1974, November - December 2015, no. 6, p. 23, illꦍustrated
National Museum Oslo, Restless Gestures: Collection Hubert Looser, June 2017 - January 2018, no.𝓡 25, p. 60, illustrated
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