Willem de Kooning - Girl on Magazine Cover 1970-1971
Girl on Magazine Cover 1970-1971
105x74cm oil on paper laid down on canvas
Sold for: USD 1.01 million
Auction house: Christie's, New York
Sale date: 11 November 2010
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
With his characteristic fervor, Willem de Kooning turns the image in Girl on Magazine Cover from lascivious voyeurism to one which supremely demonstrates the energy and fluidity of his brushwork.