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 - 7 also.
This is part 8 of a 10-part series on the works of Willem de Kooning:
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c1970 Untitled
charcoal and wax crayon on tracing paper joined with Scotch tape 73.7 x 58.4 cm
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c1970 Untitled
charcoal on paper 27.9 x 21.2 cm
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c1970 Untitled
gouache, watercolour and charcoal on paper 32 x 36 cm
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c1970 Untitled
oil on vellum 142.9 x 105.4 cm
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c1970 Untitled
oil, paper collage and Scotch tape on paper 22.8 x 22.8 cm
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1971 Amityville
oil on canvas 203.2 x 177.8 cm
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1971 Cross-Legged Figure
bronze 61 x 40.6 x 33.7 cm
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1971 High School Desk (Graham 15)
lithograph 101.6 x 71.1 cm
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1971 Landing Place No. 2
lithograph 89.5 x 127.4 cm
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1971 Landscape at Stanton Street
lithograph 65 x 48.5 cm Tate, London
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1971 Minnie Mouse
lithograph 76.2 x 57 cm (sheet)
MoMA, New York
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1971 Mother and Child
lithograph 71.4 x 101.6 cm
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1971 Reflections: To Kermit for our trip to Japan (Graham 22)
lithograph 128 x 88.1 cm
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1971 Souvenir of Montauk (Graham 9)
lithograph 109.5 x 89 cm
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1971 Sting Ray
lithograph 130.3 x 94.2 cm (sheet)
MoMA, New York Willem de Kooning
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1971 The Preacher
lithograph 64.7 x 48.8 cm (image)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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1971 Two Figures in Devon
oil on paper laid on canvas 146.4 x 107.8 cm
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1971 Untitled (Portrait of a Man)
charcoal on paper 47 x 59.2 cm
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1971 Untitled (Two Forms)
lithograph 89.5 x 111.8 cm
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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1971 Untitled
oil on newsprint mounted on canvas 75.6 x 57.8 cm
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1971 Valentine
lithograph on paper 76.2 x 50.7 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, DC
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1971 Woman on Clearwater Beach (Graham 5)
lithograph 71.2 x 120 cm
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1972 Clam-digger
bronze 151 x 75.2 x 60.3 cm
Private Collection
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1972 Clamdigger
plaster 151.1 x 75.2 x 60.3 cm
Nasher Sculpture Centre, Dallas, Texas
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1972 Head II
bronze with brown patina 36.2 x 34.3 x 11.4 cm
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1972 La Guardia in a Paper Hat
oil on canvas 141.6 x 121.9 cm
Private Collection
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1972 Seated Figure on a Bench
bronze 96.5 x 94 x 82.9 cm
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1972 Untitled (Gemini 404)
cast pewter multiple 26.7 x 17.8 cm
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1972 Untitled
cast pewter multiple 16.5 x 29 x 7.3 cm
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1972 Untitled
colour screenprint 85 x 58 cm
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1972 Untitled
oil on newspaper mounted on board 57.2 x 74.3 cm
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1972 Untitled
oil on paper mounted on canvas 91.4 x 70 cm
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1972 Woman
oil on canvas 100.3 x 91.4 cm
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c1972 Figure
oil and charcoal on vellum 107 x 92.7 cm
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c1972 Untitled
oil and charcoal on paper mounted on canvas 107 x 147.6 cm
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1973 (cast 1977) Head No. 3
bronze 48.9 x 30.2 x 30.2 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, DC
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1973 (cast 1977) Head No. 4
bronze 26.7 x 24.1 x 29.1 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, DC
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1973 Head #3
bronze: edition number five of twelve 49.5 x 29.2 x 29.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
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1973 Hostess (Bar Girl)
bronze 123.8 x 96.5 x 65.4 cm
Nasher Sculpture Centre, Dallas, Texas
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1973 Maquette for small seated figure
cast polyester resin with pigment coating
52.1 x 35.6 x 30.5 cm
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1974 Large Torso
bronze 88.9 x 78.7 x 60.9 cm
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1974 Untitled
oil on newspaper 38.1 x 54 cm
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c1974 Untitled (Woman)
charcoal on paper mounted on board 168.9 x 106.7 cm
Whitney Museum of Art, New York
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1975 Seated Woman
oil on paper laid down on canvas 75.3 x 105.4 cm
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1975 Two Figures
charcoal on paper 27.6 x 21.5 cm
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1975 Untitled III
oil on canvas
Palm Springs Museum, CA
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1975 Untitled IV
oil on canvas 177.8 x 203.2 cm
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1975 Untitled V
oil on canvas 177.8 x 203.2 cm
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1975 Untitled VI
oil on canvas 203.2 x 177.8 cm
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1975 …Whose Name Was Writ in Water
oil on canvas 193 x 222.9 cm
Guggenheim Museum, New York
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1975 Untitled X
oil on canvas 195.6 x 232.5 cm
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1975 Untitled XI
oil on linen 195.6 x 223.5 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
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c1975-77 Untitled
oil on canvas 175.2 x 200.6 cm
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c1975-79 Untitled
oil and charcoal on paper 104.1 x 76.2 cm
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c1975-80 Untitled
charcoal on paper 21.6 x 27.9 cm
Private Collection
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c1975-80 Untitled
charcoal on paper 22.9 x 30.5 cm
MoMA, New York
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c1975-80 Untitled
charcoal on paper 27.9 x 21.6 cm
Private Collection
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c1975-80 Untitled
pencil on paper 27.9 x 35.6 cm
Whitney Museum of Art, New York
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