Modern Evening Auction

Modern Evening Auction

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Property from a Distinguished California Collection

Willem de Kooning

Two Figures in Dunes

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07:54:39

May 13, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished California Collection

Willem de Kooning

(1904 - 1997)


Two Figures in Dunes

signed de Kooning, dated 68 and inscribed to Arthur (lower left)

oil on paper mounted on canvas

41 ⅜ by 37 in.   105.1 by 94 cm.

Executed in 1968.

Arthur Ashman, New York (acquired directly from the artist)

Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia (by 1982)

Jack Chrysler, California (acquired by descent from the above)

Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1993, lot 37 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Los Angeles (acquired at the above sale)

Thence by descent to the present owner

Charlotte Schlitz, "Spotlight: Two Figures in Dunes," The Chrysler Museum Bulletin, vol. 12, Norfolk, 1982, n.p., illustrated

Norfolk, Virginia, Chrysler Museum of Art, circa 1982-93 (on extended loan)