Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Property from a Distinguished California Collection
Two Figures in Dunes
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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)
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