Artist Monograph

Willem de Kooning, American

American, born the Netherlands. 1904–1997

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Drawing 50 37.3%
Lithography 19 14.2%
Oil Painting 12 9%
Other Media 1 0.7%
Etching 1 0.7%

Willem de Kooning’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Drawing (30,347 total works in this medium by 2,054 artists), with secondary engagement in Lithography, Oil Painting, Other Media, Etching.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Drawings & Prints12492.5%
Painting & Sculpture96.7%
Architecture & Design10.7%

Production by Decade

1
0s
3
1940s
5
1950s
105
1960s
12
1970s
8
1980s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 59
  • Drawing — 54
  • Print — 11
  • Painting — 9
  • Design — 1

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19481
19531
19551
19631
19641
19651
196719
19683
19693
19717
19751
19781
19791
19801
19821
19831
198936
199018
19912
19931
19951
19961
19982
20001
20021

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas