WILLEM DE KOONING



A retrospective


Pirate (Untitled II), 1981
Oil on canvas
7' 4" x 6' 4 3/4" (223.4 x 194.4 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund, 1982
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


Excavation, 1950
Oil and enamel on canvas
81 x 100 1/4 in. (205.7 x 254.6 cm)
The Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize Fund; restricted gifts of Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Noah Goldowsky, Jr.
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York



Gotham News
1955
Oil, enamel, charcoal, and newspaper transfer on canvas
69 x 79” (175.3 x 200.7 cm)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr.
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York




Easter Monday
1955-56
Oil and newspaper transfer on canvas
96 x 74" (243.8 x 188 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York



Montauk I
1969
Oil on canvas
88 x 77" (223.5 x 195.6 cm)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund.
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York





Orestes
1947
Enamel on paper mounted on plywood
24 1/8 x 36 1/8" (61.3 x 91.8 cm)
Private collection
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York





Painting
Enamel and oil on canvas
42 5/8 x 56 1/8" (108.3 x 142.5 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1948
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York





Rider (Untitled VII)
1985
Oil on canvas
70" x 6' 8" (177.8 x 203.2 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase and gift of Milly and Arnold Glimcher
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York





The Cat's Meow
1987
Oil on canvas
88 x 77" (223.5 x 195.6 cm)
Frame: 89 1/2 x 78 1/4 x 2" (227.3 x 198.8 x 5.1 cm)
Collection Jasper Johns
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


...Whose Name Was Writ in Water, 1975
Oil on canvas
76 3/4 x 87 3/4" (195 x 222.9 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York




Pirate (Untitled II), 1981
Oil on canvas
7' 4" x 6' 4 3/4" (223.4 x 194.4 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund, 1982
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York




Woman, 1950
Oil, cut and pasted paper on cardboard
14 3/4 x 11 5/8" (37.5 x 29.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From the Collection of Thomas B. Hess, Gift of the heirs of Thomas B. Hess, 1984
© 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


Art pieces by Willem de Kooning 
An exhibition courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art of New York, MoMA
de Kooning: A retrospective. September 18, 2011 - January 29, 2012. MoMA