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The picture in question was Willem de Kooning’s Woman, I (1950–52). Though it was one of a series of six oil -on- canvas paintings centered upon a single female figure that de Kooning had worked on from 1950 to 1953, Woman, I received the most attention.
4 de abr. de 2013 · Woman I de William de Kooning. Esta obra la realizó William de Kooning entre los años 1950 y 1952, y en la actualidad está expuesta en el Museum of Modern Art de Nueva York, más conocido con el acrónimo MoMA.
Between 1950 and 1953, de Kooning made the series for which he is best known, the Women, and this painting from approximately 1952 is a fine example of the subject. The small scale of this painting on paper belies both the potency of the iconic image and the dramatic dynamism of the vigorous, gestural brushwork.
Title: Woman, I. Artist: Willem de Kooning (American (born The Netherlands), Rotterdam 1904–1997 East Hampton, New York) Date: 1950–1952. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 75 7/8 × 58 in. (192.7 × 147.3 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1953.
Her threatening stare and ferocious grin are heightened by de Kooning's aggressive brushwork and frantic paint application. Combining voluptuousness and menace, Woman, I reflects the age-old cultural ambivalence between reverence for and fear of the power of the feminine.
Willem de Kooning (; Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm də ˈkoːnɪŋ]; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a US citizen in 1962.
Woman I is an 1950 Abstract Expressionist painting by American artist Willem de Kooning. The work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. History. Willem de Kooning painted Woman I over two years, from 1950 to 1952. He executed numerous preliminary studies before beginning the painting, starting over several times.
