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PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITION FUND
Willem de Kooning (American, 1904-1997)
Untitled circa 1945
signed oil and charcoal on paper
23 1/8 by 33 in. 58.7 by 83.8 cm.
This work was executed circa 1945.
Footnotes
Provenance The Artist, New York The Collection of Joseph and Jory Shapiro, Chicago (acquired from the above) Gifted directly from the above to the present owner in 1976
Exhibited Chicago, University of Chicago, The Renaissance Society, Watercolors, Drawings, and Collages from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, 1958 Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Selections from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro, 1969-1970, no. 100 Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Willem de Kooning, 1941-1959, 1974, no. 3, n.p., illustrated Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters: Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Philip Guston, 1976 Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Selections from the Permanent Collection, 1989 Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Under Development: Dreaming the MCA's Collection, 1994, no. 47 Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, MCA DNA: New York School, 2012
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