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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 17, 2022 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Evening Auction | 109 | $****** - ****** | The Hat Upstairs |
paintings
195.6 x 223.5 cm (77 x 88 in)
oil on canvas
titled The Hat Upstairs and dated '87 (on the stretcher)
The artist
Thence by descent to the present owner
Edvard Lieber, Willem de Kooning: Reflections in the Studio, New York 2000, pp. 84-85, 92, 135, illustrated in color (in the artist's studio)
Arthur Lubow, "The Afterlife of Willem de Kooning," The New York Times, 16 September 2022, p. C13, illustrated in color (installed in the artist's studio in 2022)
de Kooning | Decades: Property from the de Kooning Family Collection
Willem de Kooning
1904-1997
The Hat Upstairs
titled The Hat Upstairs and dated '87 (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
77 by 88 in.
195.6 by 223.5 cm.
Executed in 1987.
