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Selected Works708

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 325

Christie's
Untitled (Figure)
Untitled (Figure), 1970
$158,750
May 2026
Sotheby's
Untitled III
Untitled III, 1975
Unknown
May 2026
Sotheby's
Two Women
Two Women, 1964
Unknown
May 2026
Sotheby's
Untitled XLII
Untitled XLII, 1983
Unknown
May 2026
Christie's
Untitled I
Untitled I, 1980
$12,250,000
Apr 2026
Christie's
Untitled XVI
Untitled XVI, 1983
$7,395,000
Apr 2026
Christie's
Two Women
Two Women, 1966
$215,900
Feb 2026
Christie's
Standing Woman
Standing Woman, 1965
$114,300
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
$704,000
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
£25,000 ($33k USD)
Jan 2026
Sotheby's
Woman
Woman, 1965
$1,143,000
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Composition III
Composition III, 1958
Unknown
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
€132,785 ($133k USD)
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
£95,102 ($95k USD)
Jun 2025
Sotheby's
Two Figures in Dunes
Two Figures in Dunes, 1968
$3,222,000
May 2025
Christie's
Woman and Child
Woman and Child
$7,128,500
May 2025
Christie's
Small Painting I
Small Painting I, 1958
$378,000
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Untitled XXV
Untitled XXV, 1982
$10,940,000
Nov 2024
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1982
$13,290,000
Nov 2024
Christie's
Abstraction
Abstraction, 1948
Bought In
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Cross-Legged Figure
Cross-Legged Figure, 1972
$1,560,000
Nov 2024
Christie's
Quatre Lithographies
Quatre Lithographies
$126,000
Oct 2024
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1977
£133,277 ($133k USD)
Oct 2024
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1987
£4,145,790 ($4.1M USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
Untitled XVIII
Untitled XVIII, 1986
£3,488,500 ($4.6M USD)
Oct 2024

Upcoming Auctions 2

Peter Karbstein - Kunst und Auktionshaus
Kooning, Willem de: From Seventeen Lithographs for Frank O'Hara
Kooning, Willem de: From Seventeen Lithographs for Frank O'Hara
Est. €1,100–€1,500
Jul 4, 2026
Peter Karbstein - Kunst und Auktionshaus
Kooning, Willem de: From Seventeen Lithographs for Frank O'Hara
Kooning, Willem de: From Seventeen Lithographs for Frank O'Hara
Est. €1,100–€1,500
Jul 4, 2026

For Sale 4

RoGallery · Artsy
The Throne
The Throne, 1957
Price on request
Watercolor on Paper
NOVIA Art Gallery · Artsy
Woman
Woman, 1965
For sale
Charcoal on paper
AVANTIQUES · 1stDibs
Willem De Kooning Abstract on Newspaper
Willem De Kooning Abstract on Newspaper
$77,000
AVANTIQUES · 1stDibs
Willem De Kooning Abstract on Newsprint
Willem De Kooning Abstract on Newsprint
$65,000
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Market2,515 auction results

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$5.1K – $69M
256 of 287 paintings lots with prices
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$4.4M
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$1.0M
256 priced paintings lots
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May 2026 · $159K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
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Paintings: $1.0M medianWorks on paper: $24.1K medianSculpture/objects: $202K medianEditioned prints: $4.2K medianPosters/ephemera: $7.9K medianBooks/portfolios: $2.7K medianUnclassified lots: $8.2M medianEditioned objects: $16.0K median
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Prizes & Awards4

Praemium Imperiale
Winner 1989
Goslarer Kaiserring
Winner 1984
Carnegie Prize
Winner 1979
Logan Medal of the Arts
Winner 1951
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Publications21

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Monograph 6

Robert Rauschenberg's »Erased de Kooning Drawing« (1953): Modernism, Literalism, Postmodernism
Hatje Cantz · 2023
Robert Rauschenbergs »Erased de Kooning Drawing« (1953): Modernismus, Literalismus, Postmodernismus
Hatje Cantz · 2023
Cheap Rents and de Kooning
Steidl · 2015
Willem de Kooning Author
MoMA Publications · 2015
Willem de Kooning Author
Rizzoli · 2007
A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning
Phaidon Press

Exhibition Catalog 11

Willem de Kooning
Rizzoli · 2017
40|10 Les 40 ans de la collection - les 10 ans du musée Frieder Burda
Hatje Cantz · 2014
Frauen. Picasso, Beckmann, de Kooning
Hatje Cantz · 2012
Women: Pablo Picasso, Max Beckmann, Willem de Kooning
Hatje Cantz · 2012
Action Painting
Hatje Cantz · 2008
Die Skulpturen der Maler: Malerei und Plastik im Dialog
Hatje Cantz · 2008
Les Peintres-Sculpteurs
Hatje Cantz · 2008
De Kooning Author
Abrams · 2005
de Kooning Paintings 1960-1980
Hatje Cantz · 2005
Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century
Hatje Cantz · 1999
Willem de Kooning
Yale University Press · 1994

Group Catalog 1

The Essential
Abrams · 1999

Survey 3

Viewing • Positions: Painting and Its Other Side in Art
Hatje Cantz · 2026
Artists in Love
Rizzoli · 2016
Art in Flower: Finding Inspiration in Art and Nature
Phaidon Press
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Current Exhibitions1

#594 Jahn und Jahn

You Have to Change to Stay the Same

Willem de Kooning

Baaderstraße 56 C

May 16, 2026 — Jun 27, 2026

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Past Exhibitions29

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#173 Lévy Gorvy Dayan

LGD Hammer: Willem de Kooning, Milkmaid (1984)

Willem de Kooning

19 E 64th St, New York, NY 10065, United States

May 2, 2026 — May 16, 2026

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#914 Upsilon Gallery

Paper Cut: Works on Paper

Georg Baselitz, Willem de Kooning, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Robert Longo, Jasper Johns, Julian Opie, Yoshitomo Nara

23 E 67th St, New York, NY 10065, United States

Mar 12, 2026 — Apr 18, 2026

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Art Institute of Chicago

Willem de Kooning Drawing

Willem de Kooning

111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, USA

Jan 1, 2026

Ticketed Exhibition Willem de Kooning Drawing Jun 14–Sep 20, 2026

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#1 Gagosian

Willem de Kooning: Endless Painting

Willem de Kooning

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Apr 15, 2025 — Jul 11, 2025

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#6,111 Galerie Von Vertes

Willem de Kooning „Untitled (Woman Abstraction)

Willem de Kooning

Bahnhofstrasse 16, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland

May 4, 2023 — May 10, 2023

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#299 Locks Gallery

Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning

May 13, 2021 — Jun 30, 2021

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Craig F. Starr Gallery

Willem de Kooning: Men and Women, 1938-48

Willem de Kooning

5 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

May 4, 2021 — Jul 30, 2021

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

De Kooning Five Decades

Willem de Kooning

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 19, 2019 — Jun 15, 2019

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#210 Skarstedt

Willem de Kooning Late Paintings

Willem de Kooning

3rd Floor, 15 Old Bond St, London W1S 4PR, UK

Oct 4, 2017 — Dec 16, 2017

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#210 Skarstedt

Willem de Kooning de Kooning Sculptures, 1972-1974

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Nov 5, 2015 — Dec 19, 2015

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#1 Gagosian

Willem de Kooning: Ten Paintings, 1983–1985

Willem de Kooning

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 8, 2013 — Dec 21, 2013

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

Willem de Kooning Figure & Light

Willem de Kooning

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Nov 12, 2010 — Jan 15, 2011

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#1 Gagosian

Willem de Kooning: The Last Beginning

Willem de Kooning

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Sep 18, 2007 — Oct 27, 2007

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

Willem de Kooning: 1981-1986

Willem de Kooning

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Sep 11, 2007 — Nov 17, 2007

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Craig F. Starr Gallery

Willem de Kooning Women

Willem de Kooning

5 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Feb 14, 2007 — Apr 7, 2007

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

Willem de Kooning: Paintings 1975 - 1978

Willem de Kooning

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 20, 2006 — Jun 3, 2006

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#103 Gray

Paintings from the Forties and Fifties

Willem de Kooning

1018 Madison Ave Floor 2, New York, NY 10075, USA

May 1, 2004 — May 29, 2004

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#1 Gagosian

Willem de Kooning: A Centennial Exhibition

Willem de Kooning

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Apr 24, 2004 — Jun 19, 2004

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

Willem de Kooning: Selected Paintings and Sculpture 1964-1973

Willem de Kooning

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Oct 10, 2000 — Dec 2, 2000

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#1 Gagosian

Willem de Kooning: Mostly Women: Drawings and Paintings from the John and Kimiko Powers Collection

Willem de Kooning

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

May 4, 2000 — Jun 30, 2000

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

Willem de Kooning: Paintings 1982-1986

Willem de Kooning

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 4, 1996 — Jun 1, 1996

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

de Kooning: The Women Works on Paper 1947-1954

Willem de Kooning

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Sep 19, 1995 — Nov 18, 1995

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

Willem de Kooning: A Summer Exhibition, Selected Works 1950’s - 1980’s

Willem de Kooning

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Jun 7, 1995 — Aug 31, 1995

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#241 Mnuchin Gallery

Willem de Kooning: Transcending Landscape Paintings 1975 - 1979

Willem de Kooning

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Mar 4, 1993 — Apr 24, 1993

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#17 Templon

Willem De Kooning Peintures et sculptures

Willem De Kooning

30 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, France

Jun 14, 1984 — Jul 21, 1984

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#103 Gray

Willem de Kooning Late Paintings and Drawings

Willem de Kooning

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Feb 16, 1980 — Mar 16, 1980

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#17 Templon

Willem De Kooning –

Willem De Kooning

30 Rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, France

Sep 17, 1977 — Oct 29, 1977

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#103 Gray

Willem de Kooning 1941 - 1959

Willem de Kooning

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Oct 4, 1974 — Nov 16, 1974

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Glenstone Museum

Ties of our common kindred

Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Ruth Asawa, Kerry James Marshall, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, John Baldessari, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Vija Celmins, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Thomas Demand

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Art Fair Appearances4

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Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2024
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2019
The Armory Show — New York
2019
The Armory Show — New York
2014
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Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years, 1945–50
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