Willem de Kooning

1904-1997 · Dutch-American · Abstract Expressionism, Action painting

Record aux enchères: 68,94 M $US

Woman as Landscape, 1955 · Christie's, New York · 13 nov. 2018

Biographie

Willem de Kooning trained in Rotterdam, stowed away to the United States in 1926 and became, with Pollock, the leading figure of the New York School. His violent, gestural Woman series of the early 1950s scandalised critics, while the abstract urban and pastoral landscapes of the mid 1950s and the fluid, luminous canvases painted in East Hampton in the 1970s are now among the most prized works of the period. He kept painting into the 1980s. His market is deep, with about 2,400 lots offered at auction over 27 years, from drawings to eight-figure canvases. Masterpieces from 1955 to 1977 lead, and private sales such as Interchange, reported at about 300 million dollars in 2015, show the ceiling for the best works.

Résultats d'enchères récents

Untitled I (1980)Christie's, New York	12,25 M $US	18 mai 2026	heni.com
Untitled (1972)Sotheby's, New York	858 k $US	15 mai 2026	heni.com
Untitled III (1975)Sotheby's, New York	26 M $US	14 mai 2026	heni.com
Two Figures in Dunes (1968)Sotheby's, New York	3,22 M $US	13 mai 2025	heni.com

Marché

Liquidité: Élevée

Musées

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Art Institute of Chicago
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington

Actualités

16 oct. 2026: $12.9 million de Kooning painting leads Sotheby’s October London auctions. Artsy
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Sources

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