The three large-scale works, which the Dutch-American painter created between the 1960s and 1980s, are expected to sell for $50 million.
Three paintings from the collection of the heirs of abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning will debut at a contemporary art auction in November in New York.
The three large-scale works, which the Dutch-American painter created between the 1960s and 1980s, are expected to sell for $50 million, according to estimates by Sotheby’s, which is organizing the auction.
Three paintings from the collection of Willem de Kooning’s heirs are expected to fetch a collective $50 million at auction this fall. https://t.co/PgrHJqbOmY
— ARTnews (@artnews) September 16, 2022
Montauk II (1969), a painting in shades of blue, green and white, one of five known paintings in the series of the same name created in the same year, is estimated to fetch up to $15 million.
Another untitled painting made in 1979 is estimated to sell for $30 to $40 million. The third work, “The Hat Upstairs (1987),” with red and orange accents on a white base, is being shown publicly for the first time and is estimated at $8-12 million.
The ghost of Willem de Kooning lingers in his well-preserved studio during a rare visit. In November, an auction of three works at Sotheby’s will test the vitality of his commercial reputation. De Kooning experts weigh in on his genius for reinvention. https://t.co/Z4VrfjbIBJ
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) September 16, 2022
Willem de Kooning was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926. There he became an American citizen and in 1943 married painter Elaine Fried.
In the years after World War II, de Kooning painted in a style that became known as “abstract expressionism” or “action painting” and was part of a group of artists that became known as the New York School. Its most recognizable representative, Jackson Pollock, belonged to the same School.
De Kooning’s retrospective held at MoMA in 2011–2012 made him one of the best-known artists of the 20th century.
Dutch-American artist Willem de Kooning photographed by Arnold Newman in 1959. pic.twitter.com/GHs1uD2Tb4
— Jupiter Spurlock (@JupiterSpurlock) September 18, 2022
The painter was awarded the Medal of Freedom and passed away in March 1997 at his home in the Hamptons, New York at the age of 92.
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