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Figure
1949
Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning (American, 1904–1997)
American Painting and Sculpture
Figure, 1949. Willem de Kooning (American, 1904–1997). Oil on cardboard; framed: 55 x 44.5 x 8 cm (21 5/8 x 17 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 46.7 x 36.8 cm (18 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1964.1 © The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York By using rough, hasty brushstrokes, de Kooning gives us a glimpse into his process. He painted many women during the 1940s and 1950s, each time emphasizing the action of painting in his depictions of the female form. De Kooning once famously stated, "Flesh was the reason oil painting was invented."
- Maker/Artist
- De Kooning, Willem
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on cardboard
- Dimensions
- Framed: 55 x 44.5 x 8 cm (21 5/8 x 17 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 46.7 x 36.8 cm (18 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower left: de Kooning
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1964.1
- Credit Line
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