- Woman III
Infobox Painting
title=Woman III
artist=Willem de Kooning
year=1953
type=
museum=Woman III is a painting by abstract
expressionist painterWillem de Kooning . Woman III is one of a series of 6 paintings by de Kooning done between 1951 and 1953 in which the central theme was a woman. It measures 68 by 48 1/2 inches (1.7 m x 1.2 m) and was completed in1953 .From late 70s to
1994 this painting was part ofTehran Museum of Contemporary Art collection, but after the revolution in1979 , this painting could not be shown because of strict rules set by the government about the visual arts and what they depict. Finally, in1994 it was quietly traded for the remainder ofTahmasbi Shahnameh . [Murphy, Kim. "Picasso is hiding in Iran", Los Angeles Times, 19 September 2007.]In November 2006, the painting was sold by
David Geffen to billionaireSteven A. Cohen for $137.5 million, making it the second most expensive painting ever sold.References
External links
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/18/arts/design/18pain.html?ex=1321506000&en=9406bad47cfaf903&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss New York Times article]
* [http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/kuspit/kuspit3-6-07_detail.asp?picnum=1 Artnet image page]
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