Woman III
| Woman III |
|---|
| Willem de Kooning , 1953 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 170 × 120 cm |
| Privately owned
Link to the picture |
Woman III is a painting of abstract expressionism by the American painter Willem de Kooning , created in a series of six related female portraits between 1951 and 1953. The format of the picture, completed in 1953, is 1.2 × 1.7 meters.
From the late 1970s to 1994, the work belonged to the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art , but was no longer allowed to be shown after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Finally, it was brokered in 1994 by the Swiss art dealer Thomas Ammann to the American music and film producer David Geffen in exchange for leaving the book of the Kings Shahnameh .
In November 2006, Geffen sold the painting to hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen for $ 142.5 million, one of the highest amounts ever for a single painting.
See also
Web links
- Willem de Kooning: Woman I , Museum of Modern Art (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Landmark De Kooning Crowns Collection , The New York Times, November 18, 2006, accessed August 22, 2011
- ↑ Kim Murphy, Picasso is hiding in Iran , Los Angeles Times , September 19, 2007
- ↑ Artnet values or Money values ? , Artnet