id: 140089
accession number: 1964.1
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.1
updated: 2023-12-08 21:49:30.166000
Figure, 1949. Willem de Kooning (American, 1904–1997). Oil on cardboard; framed: 55 x 44.5 x 8 cm (21 5/8 x 17 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 46.7 x 36.8 cm (18 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1964.1 © The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Figure
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creation date: 1949
creation date earliest: 1949
creation date latest: 1949
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creditline: Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright: © The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil on cardboard
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Willem de Kooning (American, 1904–1997) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 55 x 44.5 x 8 cm (21 5/8 x 17 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 46.7 x 36.8 cm (18 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: de Kooning
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1964)
opening date: 1964-12-08T05:00:00
Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: Willem de Kooning: Pittsburgh International Series
opening date: 1979-10-26T04:00:00
Willem de Kooning: Pittsburgh International Series. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (organizer) (October 26, 1979-January 6, 1980).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
title: Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure
opening date: 2002-02-10T00:00:00
Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (February 10-April 28, 2002); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (June 27-September 8, 2002); National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (September 29, 2002-January 5, 2003).
title: Willem de Kooning Retrospective
opening date: 2011-09-18T00:00:00
Willem de Kooning Retrospective. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 18, 2011-January 9, 2012).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA, December, 1964: "Year in Review 1964," CMA Bulletin LI (December, 1964), p. 266, no. 163.
Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Museum of Art, October 26, 1979 - January 6, 1980: "Willem de Kooning: Pittsburgh International Series," catalogue no. 13, reproduced p. 44.
CMA, November 1, 1983 - January 8, 1984: "The Figure: deKooning to Warhol," no catalogue
CMA, June 7 - September 8, 1991: "Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum," no catalogue
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 8 - September 5, 1994: "Willem de Kooning: Paintings," catalogue no. 24, reproduced color p. 123.
Also to: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 6, 1994 - January 8, 1995; London: The Tate Gallery, February 15 - May 7, 1995
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 2/10/02-4/24/02; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 6/15/02-9/8/02; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 9/29/02-1/5/03. "Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure," pl. 27.
Museum of Modern Art, NYC (9/18/2011 - 1/9/2012): "Willem de Kooning Retrospective"
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PROVENANCE
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” February 19, 1964, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr1209
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 200
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n224
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 200
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n224
Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.
page number: Mentioned: p. 3
url: https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n3/
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 250
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n270
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