Willem de Kooning (1904 – 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.
In the years after World War II, de Kooning painted in a style that came to be referred to as abstract expressionism or "action painting", and was part of a group of artists that came to be known as the New York School. Other painters in this group included Jackson Pollock, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb, Anne Ryan, Robert Motherwell, Philip Guston, Clyfford Still, and Richard Pousette-Dart. De Kooning's retrospective held at MoMA in 2011–2012 made him one of the best-known artists of the 20th century.
For a more comprehensive biography of de Kooning see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of a 10-part series on the works of Willem de Kooning:
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| c1964 Untitled (Woman with High Heels) oil and charcoal on vellum 130.8 x 92.1 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1964 Untitled oil and charcoal on vellum 88.6 x 88.6 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1964 Untitled oil and charcoal on vellum 140.3 x 89.5 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1964 Woman oil and charcoal on vellum 99.1 x 81.3 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1964 Woman oil on paper mounted on board 48 x 59.2 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Bewitched Woman oil on paper mounted to masonite 74.9 x 26.7 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Untitled charcoal on transparent paper 203.2 x 90.8 cm MoMA, New York © 2021 The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Exhibition poster, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 73.6 x 50.8 cm MoMA, New York © 2021 The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Lobster Woman oil on tracing paper 47.9 x 60.7 cm Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Pink Lady oil on paper mounted on paper, mounted on fibreboard 61 x 48.1 cm Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Standing Woman oil and charcoal on paper laid down on board 50.8 x 27.9 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Study of a Woman oil on paper 71.1 x 54.6 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Torso of a Man oil on vellum laid down on board 141.6 x 91.4 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Untitled (Clamdigger Series) charcoal on paper 47 x 59.7 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Untitled (Woman) oil on paper mounted on canvas 46.4 x 36.2 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Untitled oil on newsprint mounted on board 72 x 56.6 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Untitled oil on paper 60.7 x 48 cm Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Untitled oil on paper mounted on paper 23.5 x 75.6 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Woman II Springs oil on paper mounted on canvas 72.4 x 57.1 cm The Haskell Collection © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Woman in a Landscape oil on vellum mounted to card on board 60.3 x 47.9 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Woman oil on paper mounted on canvas 75 x 57.2 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Woman oil on paper mounted on masonite 61 x 40.6 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965 Woman oil on wood 203.2 x 91.4 cm Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965-66 Woman as Landscape oil on paper mounted on canvas 101.6 x 74.3 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965-66 Woman in a Landscape oil on newspaper mounted on board 108.6 x 73.7 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965-67 Woman charcoal on ruled paper 25.4 x 20.3 cm SFMoMA © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965-67 Woman charcoal on ruled paper 25.4 x 20.3 cm SFMoMA © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965-67 Woman charcoal on ruled paper 25.4 x 20.3 cm SFMoMA © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1965-67 Woman charcoal on ruled paper 25.4 x 20.3 cm SFMoMA © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965-80 Untitled charcoal on paper 21.2 x 27.8 cm Private Collection © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965-80 Untitled charcoal on paper 21.2 x 27.8 cm Private Collection © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965 Female Head (The Jazz Singer) charcoal and pastel on Mylar 54.9 x 47.9 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965 Nude oil on canvas 66 x 76.2 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965 Untitled (Woman) oil on paper mounted on masonite 99.7 x 72.4 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965 Untitled charcoal on paper 29.2 x 21.6 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965 Untitled charcoal on vellum 40 x 33.7 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965 Untitled oil on paper mounted on canvas 75.6 x 59.8 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965 Untitled pencil on paper 22.9 x 15.2 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1965 Woman oil on card laid down on masonite 77.3 x 61 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Floating Females chalk and graphite on paper 25.4 x 20.3 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Kneeling Woman oil on paper laid on board 59.7 x 29.2 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 The Women oil on newsprint mounted to canvas 55.2 x 68.6 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Untitled (Crucifixion) charcoal on paper 43.1 x 35.6 cm Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Untitled (Litho #10) lithograph 56.5 x 45.7 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Untitled (Woman) oil on canvas 120.7 x 90.8 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Untitled charcoal on paper 25.4 x 20.3 cm MoMA, New York © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Untitled charcoal on paper 25.4 x 20.3 cm MoMA, New York © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Untitled charcoal on paper 43.2 x 35.6 cm Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Woman Accabonac oil on paper mounted on canvas 200.7 x 89.2 cm Whitney Museum of Art, New York © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Woman oil on paper mounted on board 57.8 x 47.6 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| 1966 Women Singing II oil on paper on canvas 91.4 x 61 cm Tate, London © Willem de Kooning Revocable Trust-ARS, NY and DACS, London 2021 |
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| 1966-67 The Visit oil on canvas 152.4 x 121.9 cm Tate, London © Willem de Kooning Revocable Trust-ARS, NY and DACS, London 2021 |
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| 1966-67 Untitled charcoal on tracing paper 47.6 x 61 cm Tate, London © Willem de Kooning Revocable Trust-ARS, NY and DACS, London 2021 |
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| 1966-67 Untitled charcoal on tracing paper 61 x 47.6 cm Tate, London © Willem de Kooning Revocable Trust-ARS, NY and DACS, London 2021 |
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| c1966-68 Untitled (Two Women) oil on canvas laid on panel 72.7 x 57.2 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1966 Figure oil on paper mounted to board 68 x 55.9 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
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| c1966 Untitled (Closed Eye Drawing) charcoal on paper 25.4 x 20.2 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation - Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
