Woman

Date1943

Maker Willem de Kooning American, (born The Netherlands), 1904-1997

Object number76.46

Provenance[Paul Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, California]; Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, 1963; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1976

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistoryDüsseldorf, West Germany, Städtische Kunsthalle, American Art Between the Wars, June 10 - Aug. 5, 1979 (Zurich, Switzerland, Kunsthaus, Aug. 23 - Oct. 21, 1979; Brussels, Belgium, Palais des Beaux Arts, Nov. 15 - Dec. 31, 1979). Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bagley Wright: Twentieth Century American and European Paintings and Sculpture, Nov. 8 - Dec. 6, 1964. Cat. no. 31. Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue Art Museum, 5,000 Years of Faces, Jan. 28 - July 30, 1983. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, N.Y. Abstractions, Oct. 13 - Nov. 27, 1983. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Museum: Mixed Metaphors, Anne Gerber Exhibition: Fred Wilson, Jan. 28 - June 13, 1993. Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Modern Masters and The Figure, Sept. 16 - Nov. 28, 1993. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Reinstallation of the Permanent Collection: Modern Art Galleries, Oct.17, 1994 - Oct. 16, 1995. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Willem de Kooning in Seattle: Selected Works from 1943 to 1985 in Public and Private Collections, Nov. 2, 1995 - Mar. 3, 1996. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Collection Highlights: 1945 To The Present, Sept. 12, 1996 - June 1, 1997. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4 - May 5, 1999. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, First Person Singular, May 31, 2001 - Mar. 17, 2002. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern in America, July 8, 2004 - Feb. 27, 2005. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Freeing the Figure, Nov. 5, 2009 - Nov. 28, 2010. American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning, and Their Circle 1927–1942, organized by Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts (Purchase, New York, Neuberger Museum of Art, Jan. 29 - Apr. 29, 2012; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, June 9 - Aug. 19, 2012; Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Philips Academy, Sept. 21 - Dec. 31, 2012). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Contemporary Art from SAM Collection, Mar. 8 - Aug. 17, 2014. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Reverberations: Contemporary Art and Modern Classics, Dec. 22, 2022 - ongoing.Published ReferencesAgee, William C. , Irving Sandler, and Karen Walker, "American Vanguards Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning, and Their Circles", 2011, illustrated pg. 161 Young, Tara, Seattle Art Museum Collects Contemporary Art Project, 2002, pg. 22 Engelson, Andrew. "The Wright Stuff." Seattle Weekly. October 2004 Sims, Patterson. Willem de Kooning in Seattle: Selected Works from 1943 to 1985 in Public and Private Collections. Exh. cat., Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA, 1995. Sims, Patterson. The Museum: Mixed Metaphors. Seattle Art Museum, 1993. Illustrated pp19-21. "Collection of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bagley Wright: Twentieth Century American and European Paintings and Sculpture," Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, Nov. 8-Dec. 6, 1964, no. 31.

Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection

Dimensions28 1/4 x 23 1/16 in. (71.8 x 58.5 cm)

MediumOil on board