Willem de Kooning - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Phillips

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  • “Bill asked me to put on lipstick & ‘kiss’ this drawing, carefully picking the exact spots where I should press my lips, six times – each one fainter, ending finally with the mid-section (going counter-clockwise).”
    — Elaine de Kooning, circa 1982 

    • Provenance

      Elaine de Kooning, East Hampton (acquired directly from the artist)
      Her Estate, Christie's, New York, November 8, 1989, lot 136
      Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo (acquired at the above sale)
      Private Collection (acquired from the above)
      Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 2005, lot 122
      Gagosian Gallery, London (acquired at the above sale)
      Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005

    • Literature

      Willem de Kooning: Paintings, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1994, fig. 6, pp. 38-39 (illustrated, p. 39)
      Willem de Kooning, exh. cat., BA-CA Kunstforum, Vienna, 2005, no. 12, p. 20 (illustrated)
      "Verkauft," Du atlantis no. 758, 2005, p. 97
      Richard Schiff, Between Sense and de Kooning, London, 2011, no. 78, pp. 200–201 (illustrated, p. 200)
      When Modern Was Contemporary: The Roy. R. Neuberger Collection, exh. cat., Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, 2014, fig. 2, p. 87 (illustrated)
      Marlene Clark, The Woman in Me: Willem de Kooning, Woman I–VI, Washington, D.C., 2020, fig. 10, pp. 56, 59, 61, 144 (illustrated, p. 144)

154

Woman – Lipstick

graphite, pastel and lipstick on paper
9 x 5 7/8 in. (22.9 x 14.9 cm)
Executed circa 1952.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $73,660

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023