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Lot 307:
Abstract mixed media painting of standing nude by Willem de Kooning ( 1904-1997 ).Rare abstract mixed media painting after Willem de Kooning ( 1904-1997 ). There are two gallery labels and letter signed by Lisa Kooning on the back.Willem De Kooning, one of the recognized masters of abstract expressionism, was a founder of the New York School of action painting. Born and raised in tidy, neat Holland, De Kooning created art that is the antithesis of calm. His paintings seem to retain the force of instantaneous creation, with images continuing to grow out of other images.Born in Rotterdam in 1904, De Kooning received a solid background in the applied arts as an apprentice, first for a commercial art firm and then for a display and sign painter. Through the latter, he was exposed to the de Stijl geometric design movement, led by Mondrian, and to the cubist revolutionaries of Paris.Size: with frame 25 3/4 x 21 3/4 incheswithout frame 22 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches
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