Willem de Kooning, Revenge, from 21 Etching and Poems

Willem de Kooning
Revenge, from 21 Etching and Poems

1957
sugar-lift aquatint on BFK Rives
14.325 h × 16.125 w in (36 × 41 cm)

Signed and numbered to lower edge '28/50 de Kooning'. This work is number 28 from the edition of 50 and approximately 25 AP's printed by Anderson-Lamb, Brooklyn and published by the Morris Gallery, New York, 1960.

Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York

Exhibited: The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock, 2008-2009, The British Museum, London (traveling exhibition, another example) | 21 Etchings and Poems, 3 March - April, 2012, Woodward Gallery, New York (another example)
Condition Report: Uneven toning to sheet with vertical lines of discoloration in margins as well as mat burn. Affixed to mat along upper edge. Some small, faint handling marks throughout, visible in raking light. Unframed.Condition reports are rendered as specialist opinion by the staff of the Auction House and/or independent consultants and not as statements of fact. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot. Please call us at (609) 397-9374 or e-mail info@ragoarts.com with any questions about this lot at least 24 hours prior to auction.