Willem De Kooning, Painter, Springs, Long Island

Artist Richard Avedon (American, 1923 - 2004)

Date1969

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.32 cm)
Framed: 20 7/8 x 16 7/8 inches (53.02 x 42.86 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3875

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Print Copyright Back of Print Description: Reproduction limitations. Stamp Back of Print

Edition/State/Proofed. 2/50

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Not on view

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DescriptionImage of a man (Willem De Kooning) standing against a white background. He is wearing a short-sleveed, striped shirt that is unbuttoned exposing his bare chest.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Twentieth-Century Photographers: Selections from the HPC. Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, March 28 - April 27, 1996, no cat.

In the Public Eye: Photography and Fame. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 8 March 8- June 15, 2008, no cat.

Gallery Label

Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was one of the greatest Abstract Expressionist painters in the years after World War II. His most characteristic and powerful works include his series of "Woman" paintings of the early 1950s (a superb example is included in the NAMA collection).

Provenance

Private Collector, New York, NY;
Purchased from private collector's sale Photographs 5453, Sotheby's, New York, May 12, 1986, lot 38, by Edwynn Houk Gallery, 1986;
Purchased from Edwynn Houk Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1986;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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