Title
Untitled D99
circa 1965-1980
Artist
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Details
- Date
- circa 1965-1980
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.7 x 20.3 cm sight; 63.7 x 53.5 x 3.7 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1997
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 417.1997
- Copyright
- © Estate of Willem de Kooning/ARS. Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Willem de Kooning
Works in the collection
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About
Of the many undated drawings left in the artist's studio this is one of the most expressive of the Woman series while being more specifically about drawing. The linear quality of this piece is very fresh and reveals some fascinating juxtapositions of haptic gesture with anatomical investigation. The left hand and feet are quite detailed and rendered in space while the torso is typically blurred and exaggerated. This work reveals the process in its primary state.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Michelangelo to Matisse: Drawing the figure, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Nov 1999–27 Feb 2000
Intensely Dutch: image, abstraction and the word, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Jun 2008–23 Aug 2008
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Terence Maloon and Peter Raissis (Editors), Michelangelo to Matisse: drawing the figure, Sydney, 1999. cat.no. 219
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