Elaine de Kooning Oil For Auction at 888 Auctions on Sept 12, 2019

Elaine de Kooning American Abstract Oil on Canvas – Sept 26, 2019

Oil on board. Featuring a landscape scene of a garden. Signed WSC on the lower right corner. Inscribed on label Sir Winston Churchill and stamped Galerie Mathias PARIS Fels on verso. 30.5 x 25 cm (12.0 x 9.8 inches)

Elaine de Kooning American Abstract Oil on Canvas – Lot 141 – Sept 26, 2019

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Elaine de Kooning

Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989) was a prominent American painter known for her skill as a portraitist. Her energetic figurative works provided an important perspective in the milieu of Abstract Expressionism. “A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun,” she once said. “An event first and only secondarily an image.”

Born Elaine Fried on March 12, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY, she went on to study at Hunter College and the American Artists School. Early on in her career, she gained prominence in the New York art scene, becoming a member of the Eighth Street Club alongside Franz Kline, Clyfford Still, and Hans Hofmann.

During her mid-20s, she married her former teacher the painter Willem de Kooning, with whom she maintained a long and often tumultuous relationship. Throughout her career, De Kooning often painted friends and contemporary figures, including a commissioned portrait of President John F. Kennedy. In the next few decades, the artist worked in a style influenced by prehistoric cave paintings and held teaching positions held at institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. De Kooning died on February 1, 1989 in Southampton, NY. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, among others.

Auction Overview

Richmond Hill, ON – 417 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ September 12 auction featuring the finest in MODERN ART, GEMSTONES & ASIAN ANTIQUES 2019-09-26. Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.

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Monday, September 23: 10AM-5PM
Tuesday, September 24: 10AM-5PM
Wednesday, September 25: 10AM-5PM
Thursday, September 26: 10:30AM-1PM

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