Untitled

1976

Willem de Kooning

Associated Names
Willem de Kooning

Artist, American, born the Netherlands, 1904 - 1997

The image shows swirling shapes and bold lines, creating movement on the canvas. It features an abstract composition with vibrant yellows, greens, blacks, purples, and reds. The colors and forms suggest a turbulent scene, resembling clouds over a landscape. Broad brushstrokes and layered textures add to the abstract nature, with patterns that could represent hills or flowing water.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on newspaper mounted to canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 57.79 × 72.71 cm (22 3/4 × 28 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.116

  • Copyright

    (C) 2012 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; bequest to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern American Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014-2015

Bibliography

2012

  • Brodie, Judith, et al., Shock of the News. Exh. cat., Washington, DC, 2012: 77, no. 52.

Inscriptions

lower left in charcoal: de Kooning

Wikidata ID

Q64636038

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