Willem de Kooning
Untitled , 1970 (Executed)
Lot #2 |
2026-05-04 |
Sotheby's, New York
Robert Mnuchin: Collector at Heart Evening Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 4,000,000 - 6,000,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N12122
Auction name: Robert Mnuchin: Collector at Heart Evening Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2026-05-04
End date: 2026-05-14
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Abstract Expressionism
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 72 by 42 ½ in. 182.9 by 108 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
182.9
Width In Centimeters:
108
Height In Inches:
72
Width In Inches:
42.5
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Year notes: Executed in 1970.
Provenance
William Pall Fine Art, New York Waddington Galleries, London Private Collection, USA Private Collection, Switzerland Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich Daros Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above circa 1993) L & M Arts, New York Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) LĂ©vy Gorvy, New York Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Willem de Kooning , June - September 1995, no. 3, n.p., illustrated in color Kunstmuseum Basel, De Kooning: Paintings, 1960-1980 , September 2005 - January 2006, no. 12, p. 72 (text) and p. 73, illustrated in color Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Passions partagées: de Cézanne à Rothko, chefs-d’œuvre du XX e siècle dans les collections privées suisses , June - October 2009, no. 19, p. 119, illustrated in color
Literature
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Heiner Bastian Fine Art, A few remarkable paintings by Picasso and De Kooning , 1990, no. 8, n.p., illustrated in color Ingo F. Walther, ed., Art of the 20th Century , Vol. I, Cologne 1998, p. 276, illustrated in color Richard D. Marshall, "Willem de Kooning and Joan Mitchell: The Late Paintings," in: Peter Fischer, ed., Abstraction, Gesture, Ecriture: Paintings from the Daros Collection, Zurich 1999, fig. 21, n.p., illustrated in color and p. 41 (text)
Catalog summary
Robert Mnuchin: Collector at Heart Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) Untitled oil on paper mounted on canvas 72 by 42 ½ in. 182.9 by 108 cm. Executed in 1970. Provenance William Pall Fine Art, New York Waddington Galleries, London Private Collection, USA Private Collection, Switzerland Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich Daros Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above circa 1993) L & M Arts, New York Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above) Lévy Gorvy, New York Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner Exhibited Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Willem de Kooning , June - September 1995, no. 3, n.p., illustrated in color Kunstmuseum Basel, De Kooning: Paintings, 1960-1980 , September 2005 - January 2006, no. 12, p. 72 (text) and p. 73, illustrated in color Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Passions partagées: de Cézanne à Rothko, chefs-d’œuvre du XX e siècle dans les collections privées suisses , June - October 2009, no. 19, p. 119, illustrated in color Literature Exh. Cat., Berlin, Heiner Bastian Fine Art, A few remarkable paintings by Picasso and De Kooning , 1990, no. 8, n.p., illustrated in color Ingo F. Walther, ed., Art of the 20th Century , Vol. I, Cologne 1998, p. 276, illustrated in color Richard D. Marshall, "Willem de Kooning and Joan Mitchell: The Late Paintings," in: Peter Fischer, ed., Abstraction, Gesture, Ecriture: Paintings from the Daros Collection, Zurich 1999, fig. 21, n.p., illustrated in color and p. 41 (text)