10 Late De Kooning Works To Go On View, And On Sale

10 Late De Kooning Works To Go On View, And On Sale
Elaine de Kooning and Willem de Kooning in East Hampton, New York, 1953. Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989) was a Brooklyn-born abstract expressionist and semi-realistic painter, while her husband, Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), was an influential Dutch-America
Elaine de Kooning and Willem de Kooning in East Hampton, New York, 1953. Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989) was a Brooklyn-born abstract expressionist and semi-realistic painter, while her husband, Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), was an influential Dutch-America

When Willem de Kooning was a struggling young artist and needed money, he would frequently sell a painting or sculpture as quickly as he made it, often bypassing his dealer, Xavier Fourcade. After the artist’s death in 1997, when the Willem de Kooning Foundation needed cash, it, too — like many artists’ foundations — would sell a work from its holdings, but always privately.

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