Untitled

1950/1951

Willem de Kooning

Associated Names
Willem de Kooning

Artist, American, born the Netherlands, 1904 - 1997

The image displays a collection of dynamic lines and shapes scattered throughout the canvas, forming an abstract composition. Thick black strokes flow with different degrees of curvature and intersect with geometric forms such as rectangles and circles. The elements suggest outlines or silhouettes of familiar objects but maintain an abstract quality. Dark areas contrast with lighter areas, adding depth to the composition.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Woodward Foundation, Washington, DC; gift 1976 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington; University of Iowa Art Museum, Iowa City, 1981-1982.

1983

  • Willem de Kooning: Drawings-Paintings-Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Akademie de Kunste, Berlin; Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee national d'art moderne, Paris, 1983-1984.

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 1986.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 85.

2002

  • Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 37.

2011

  • "De Kooning A Retrospective", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 2011, no. 78.

Bibliography

1983

  • Cummings, Paul, et al. Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture. Exh. cat. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. New York and Munich, 1983: 22.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 85.

2002

  • Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure. Exh. cat. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002-2003: no. 37.

2011

  • Elderfield, John, et al. de Kooning a Retrospective. Exh. cat. The Museum of Moedern Art, New York; 2011: no. 78.

2016

  • National Gallery of Art. Highlights from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2016: 314, 315, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: de Kooning

Wikidata ID

Q64636029

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