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Figure

1949

Willem de Kooning

(American, born The Netherlands, 1904–1997)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on cardboard
Measurements
Framed: 55 x 44.5 x 8 cm (21 5/8 x 17 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 46.7 x 36.8 cm (18 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1964.1
Copyright
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

De Kooning once famously stated, "Flesh was the reason oil painting was invented."

Description

By using rough, hasty brushstrokes, de Kooning gives us a glimpse into his process. He painted many women during the 1940s and 1950s, each time emphasizing the action of painting in his depictions of the female form.

Figure

1949

Willem de Kooning

(American, born The Netherlands, 1904–1997)
America

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