Two Women
Two Women
Artist
Willem de Kooning
(1904 - 1997)
Date1951
MediumPastel on paper
Dimensions21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (54.6 x 44.5 cm)
Framed: 31 1/2 in. × 27 5/8 in. × 2 in.
Framed: 31 1/2 in. × 27 5/8 in. × 2 in.
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Signedl.r.: de Kooning
On View
Not on viewThis powerfully animated pastel drawing, Two Women, was created during his second major series of Women, at a time when most advanced artists were painting in a completely abstract mode. Here, the artist dissolves the figures in a sweeping array of gestural, angular marks—the traditional relationship between the subject and the surrounding space all but disappearing.
