Lot 217
Reclining Woman
Passed
Est $40,000 - $60,000
Live Auction
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE, MORNING SESSION
ARTIST
Willem de Kooning
Size
8 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (21.6 x 27.6 cm)
Description

Medium
pencil on paper
Signature
Executed circa 1951.
Provenance
Elaine de Kooning, New York (until at least 1972) Fourcade, Droll, Inc., New York Diane Upright Fine Art, New York Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York
Literature
Thomas B. Hess, Willem de Kooning Dessins, Lausanne, 1972, no. 68, pp. 46, 170, 172 (illustrated, p. 172)
Exhibited
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Willem de Kooning: Drawings and Sculptures, March 10, 1974–April 6, 1975, no. 40, n.p. Bridgehampton, Mark Borghi Fine Art, Willem de Kooning: A Retrospective Featuring 35 Works from 1936–1978, July 2–22, 2011