
Collection Online as of December 5, 2023
(American, 1904–1997)
Oil on cardboard
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1964.1
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
not on view
By using rough, hasty brushstrokes, de Kooning gives us a glimpse into his process. He painted many women during the 1940s and 1950s, each time emphasizing the action of painting in his depictions of the female form.