Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) Signed Abstract on Paper Red Woman

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Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) Signed Abstract on Paper Red Woman Original one of a kind painting on paper bearing the signature De Kooning.· Dimensions: 11 inches x 8 inches Aprox.· Technique and Support: Mixed Media on Paper· Excellent condition· Hand signed· UnframedAll information posted is truthful. This work was created by hand and not machine. This artwork bears the name stated name above and as seen in the pictures in the listing. This artwork shown in the pictures is the same art work that will be shipped within 5 business days. There is no trick photography or photoshop work done to the pictures in this listing. However, please allow for slight difference in viewing in hand vs on the computer. For example, colors may be slight different from my camera to eBay digitalization to your monitor.IS THIS REAL?: Yes this is a real painting/drawing, not a scam, not a print, lithograph… However if you are asking if this is an authentic work for your speculative investment, please carefully read the following before bidding. I am not an expert, I do not claim to be an expert. I can not legally guarantee the authenticity of this art work which is why this is listed as an “AFTER“ or "IN THE MANNER OF".In 2009 we acquired the artwork in a flea-market of New York with other similar paintings in the same collection.. THIS IS THE ONLY INFO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU. SOLD LIKE A DECORATIVE ARTWORK.This artwork will be sold as is, and as d'après or after the artist or in the manner of the artist name due to absence of formal provenance or authenticity attribution documents. In this sense no claims of authenticity are admitted according to eBay rules.This is a HANDMADE, ONE OF A KIND WORK OF ART. Please don't ask about authenticity. I got it as an "in the manner of the artist" painting, there was no paper work to suggest otherwise, and that is how I am selling it. Being listed "in the manner of the artist" as I got it.NO RETURNS. Please bid in consequence...You are encouraged to ask your questions, do your research and bid only if you intend to buy. The artwork will be shipped upon receipt of payment by PayPal to be performed within 3 days after the auction has ended. As soon as shipped the tracking number will be notified to the buyer by email.In case of delay of payment more than 4 days than the auction ending, according to eBay rules, an Unpaid Item Dispute will be issued.Return Policy: No returns are provided for since this is an "As Is" auction~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~About De Kooning~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Willem de KooningRotterdam 1904 -Springs b. East Hampton/N.Y. 1997Willem de Kooning was born in Rotterdam on 24 April 1904. In 1916 de Kooning began to train as a commercial artist; at the same time he attended evening courses at the Rotterdam Academie voor Beldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen (Rotterdam Academy) until 1924. Afterwards he studied at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and the van Schelling School of Design in Antwerp.In 1926 the young artist emigrated to the US, where he worked illegally in New York as a commercial artist, window dresser, sign painter and carpenter. There Willem de Kooning met other artists, including John Graham, Stuart Davis and Arshile Gorky and worked for the Federal Art Project, for which he did murals between 1935 and 1939. From 1935 in fact, he was able to devote himself entirely to painting.He shared a studio with Gorky and his early pictures were influenced by Gorky's Surrealist style and by Picasso's painting. However, de Kooning was also inspired by the Gestural branch of the New York School as well as Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline. Contact with Pollock and Kline inspired him to do his first black-and-white abstract works in 1946; he returned to them in 1959. From 1950 he developed his first "Women" pictures, which are notable for such vehemence of handling that they at first caused a scandal. He retained this type of figuration until the 1990s. At the same time Wi... read more

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