Property from the Estate of David Pincus
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)

Reclining Figure

Price realised USD 2,434,500
Estimate
USD 1,000,000 – USD 1,500,000
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Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)

Reclining Figure

Price realised USD 2,434,500
Closed: 14 Nov 2012
Price realised USD 2,434,500
Closed: 14 Nov 2012
Details
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Reclining Figure
incised with signature, number and date 'de Kooning 4/7 1969-1983' (lower edge)
bronze
67 x 130 x 80 in. (170.2 x 330.2 x 203.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1969-1983 and executed in the artist's lifetime. This work is number four from an edition of seven plus two artist's proofs.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
In Honor of de Kooning, exh. cat., Xavier Fourcade, New York, 1983, n.p. (another example illustrated in color).
Willem de Kooning: New Paintings, Sculpture & Drawings, exh. cat., Xavier Fourcade, New York, 1984 (another example illustrated).
Willem de Kooning: Retrospective, exh. cat., Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, 1984 (another example illustrated).
P. Sollers, "Le Naissance de de Kooning," Art Press, June 1984, p. 11 (another example illustrated).
J. Merkert, "Willem de Kooning: Le plaisir de realité," Art Press, June 1984, p. 11 (another example illustrated).
P. Shjeldahl, "Rough Sex," Village Voice, 11 June 1996, p. 81(another example illustrated).
R.D. Friedman, "The Making of Matthew Marks," Manhattan File, vol. 2, issue 22, 1996, pp. 40-41 (another example illustrated in color).
C. Vogel, "Inside Art: An Invasion of de Koonings," New York Times, 9 October 1998 (another example illustrated).
L. Lawrence, "The LongHouse that Jack Built," American Style, June 2006, p. 89 (another example illustrated in color).
D. Elbert, "Pappajohn's Cement Philanthropic Legend," Des Moines Sunday Register, 4 February 2007, p. D1 (another example illustrated in color).
J. Hayworth and M. Morain, "$30 Million Gift could make D.M. an Art Hotspot," Des Moines Sunday Register, 4 February 2007, p. 8A (another example illustrated in color).
C. Lichtenstern, Henry Moore: Werk-Theorie-Wirkung, Munich, 2008, p. 385 (another example illustrated in color).
E. Moskowitz, "Workers Heft Bronze into Hot Spot on Hub Campus," Boston Globe, 7 May 2009 (another example illustrated in color).
C. Kloostra, "New Sculpture Park in Des Moines," American Style, 1 August 2009, p. 20 (another example illustrated in color).
"Pappajohn Sculpture Park," Des Moines Sunday Register, 20 September 2009, p. 6 (another example illustrated in color).
M. Chappellet, Jack Lenor Larsen's LongHouse, East Hampton, 2010, p. 221 (another example illustrated in color).
B. Teller, "Sculpting a Garden: Chapellet's New Book Captures an Artist's 'Magical, Spiritual' Creation," Napa Valley Register, 2010, p. C3 (another example illustrated).
M. Salvensen, Exploring Gardens & Green Spaces: From Connecticut to the Delaware, New York, 2011, p. 197 (another example illustrated in color).
J. Elderfield, de Kooning: a Retrospective, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2011, p. 409 (another example illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, December 1983-February 1984, p. 169, no. 282 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Willem de Kooning: Sculpture, May-June 1996, pp. 16-25 and 63, no. 31 (another example exhibited).
New York, Bryant Park, Public Art Fund Project, Willem de Kooning:, October 1998-June 1999 (another example exhibited).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, 1999-2002 (another example on extended loan).
Boston, University of Massachusetts, Arts on the Point, 2002-present (another example on extended loan).
East Hampton, LongHouse Reserve, 2003-present (another example on extended loan).
Rotterdam, city center, 2005-present (another example on extended loan).
Stanford, Graduate School of Business, 2011-present (another example on extended loan).

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