Woman III

Woman III

Infobox Painting


title=Woman III
artist=Willem de Kooning
year=1953
type=
museum=

Woman III is a painting by abstract expressionist painter Willem 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 in 1953.

From late 70s to 1994 this painting was part of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art collection, but after the revolution in 1979, this painting could not be shown because of strict rules set by the government about the visual arts and what they depict. Finally, in 1994 it was quietly traded for the remainder of Tahmasbi 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 billionaire Steven A. Cohen for $137.5 million, making it the second most expensive painting ever sold.

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* [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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