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Willem de Kooning
Seated Woman1969-1980

Not on view
Bronze sculpture of abstracted, entangled figural forms with rounded, deeply modeled surfaces and warm chestnut patina, spreading horizontally across a flat base
Bronze sculpture with dark brown patina, combining abstracted human forms — a torso and head rising vertically from a base, with two large hands extending horizontally along the ground, modeled with expressive, textured surfaces.
Bronze sculpture of a dynamic, roughly textured figure in a crouching or climbing pose atop an irregular rocky mass, with a smaller sculptural fragment beside it, dark patinated surface.
Reverse of a framed painting showing aged brown board with wooden stretcher bars, scattered with multiple exhibition and gallery labels including Galerie Beyeler Basel and National Gallery stickers, with handwritten inscriptions and various stamps.
Artist or Maker
Willem de Kooning
Netherlands, active United States, 1904-1997
Title
Seated Woman
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1969-1980
Medium
Bronze, cast number AP 2/2
Dimensions
26 x 37 x 21 in. (66.04 x 93.98 x 53.34 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.22
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The Artist; [Xavier Fourcade, New York]; [Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, sold 1989 to]; Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles, partial, fractional and promised gift 2005 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie. Envisioning Modernism: The Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2012.