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Artists›Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning

1904–1997

WA-00003782

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Abstract ExpressionismExpressionism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

158

Works in Collection

517

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ132305

MoMA

Field Verification (8 fields)

4 cross-verified · 4 single-source

DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Gagosian + Gallery Pace+2· 80%
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
WebsiteGallery Pace· 80%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (7)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/willem-de-kooning
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Matthew-Markshttps://www.artsy.net/artist/willem-de-kooning
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/willem-de-kooning
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3213
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Willem de Kooning yet.

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Movement

Abstract Expressionism

Medium

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Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Tate Princeton University Art Museum Whitney Museum of American Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (158)

WattsOS

Poems

1988 · Illustrated book with seventeen photolithographs

page 21 3/4 x 17 5/16" (55.2 x 44 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Poems

1988 · Suite of 17 photolithographs

Prints: various dimensions. Page (portfolio; irreg.): 27 3/8 x 22 15/16" (69.5 x 58.2 cm) Page (booklet): 15 x 10 9/16" (38.1 x 26.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Poems

1988 · Suite of 17 transfer lithographs

irreg. page 27 3/8 x 22 15/16" (69 x 58.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

1987 · Oil on canvas

Overall: 80 3/16 × 70 3/16 in. (203.7 × 178.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Rider (Untitled VII)

1985 · Oil on canvas

70" x 6' 8" (177.8 x 203.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

1984 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with four lithographs, one offset lithograph, one woodcut, one etching with aquatint, one photogravure with hand additions, and one record

composition and sheet (diameter, approx.): 17 15/16" (45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled III

1982 · Oil on canvas

6' 8" x 70" (203.2 x 177.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled V

1982 · Oil on canvas

6' 8" x 70" (203.2 x 177.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pirate (Untitled II)

1981 · Oil on canvas

7' 4" x 6' 4 3/4" (223.4 x 194.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled XIX

1977 · Oil on canvas

6' 7 3/4" x 70" (202.6 x 177.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1976 · Oil on newspaper on paper on linen

29 1/8 x 22 3/8" (74 x 57 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled XI

1975 · Oil on linen

Without frame: 195.6 × 223.5 cm (77 1/16 × 88 in.); 195.6 × 223.6 cm (77 × 88 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figure

1975 · Black and brown charcoal, with smudging, on cream wove paper

28 × 21.4 cm (11 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1975 · Charcoal on paper

9 x 12" (22.9 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Head #3

1973 · Bronze

49.5 × 29.2 × 29.2 cm (19 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Figure on a Bench

1972 · Bronze

object: 965 x 940 x 829 mm

Tate

Landscape at Stanton Street

1971 · Lithograph on paper

composition: 27 1/2 x 21" (69.9 x 53.4 cm); sheet: 30 x 22 7/16" (76.2 x 57 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sting Ray

1971 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 42 5/8 x 31 5/8" (108.3 x 80.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 51 5/16 x 37 1/16" (130.3 x 94.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wah Kee Spare Ribs

1970 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 50 3/4 x 36" (128.9 x 91.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 57 1/2 x 37" (146 x 94 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Weekend at Mr. and Mrs. Krisher

1970 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 42 x 29 15/16" (106.7 x 76 cm); sheet: 42 9/16 x 30 1/16" (108.1 x 76.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Weekend at Mr. and Mrs. Krisher

1970 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 45 3/4 x 34 13/16" (116.2 x 88.4 cm); sheet: 50 3/4 x 38 3/8" (128.9 x 97.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Marshes

1970 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 32 1/16 x 23 1/2" (81.4 x 59.7 cm); sheet: 40 9/16 x 28 1/4" (103 x 71.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Woman in Amagansett

1970 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 23 1/16 x 31" (58.5 x 78.8 cm); sheet: 28 x 40 1/16" (71.1 x 101.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

158 published of 294 catalogued · 175 with image

MoMA
133 publishedof 267 catalogued155 img
Art Institute Chicago
12 published12 img
Tate
6 published6 img
Whitney
4 published
The Met
3 published
+ 1 more source · 2 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

5 entries · 1 sources

Seated Woman
1969 · AIC · 5 prov
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