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Willem de Kooning — Untitled XXV
Willem de Kooning

Untitled XXV

1982

"Untitled XXV" by Willem de Kooning is an oil painting that exemplifies the artist's Abstract Expressionist style, characterized by vigorous gestural brushwork and a dynamic interplay of form and color. The work demonstrates de Kooning's signature approach of balancing abstraction with hints of figuration, creating a composition that invites multiple interpretations. This untitled work is part of de Kooning's prolific series of abstract paintings produced during the height of the Abstract Expressionist movement in mid-twentieth-century America.

Medium
oil on canvas

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The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction

November 21, 2024

Estimate: $9,000,000$12,000,000

Lot 14

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Willem de Kooning, Untitled XXV, 1982

"Untitled XXV" by Willem de Kooning is an oil painting that exemplifies the artist's Abstract Expressionist style, characterized by vigorous gestural brushwork and a dynamic interplay of form and color. The work demonstrates de Kooning's signature approach of balancing abstraction with hints of figuration, creating a composition that invites multiple interpretations. This untitled work is part of de Kooning's prolific series of abstract paintings produced during the height of the Abstract Expressionist movement in mid-twentieth-century America.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1982
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Expressionist Brushwork, 20th Century, Post-war modernism, Color field abstraction, Large Scale Painting, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural and dynamic, Dutch-American Artist, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Composition

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Art Institute of Chicago