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Property from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Sold to Benefit the Collection
WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)
Yellow River
Details
WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997)
Yellow River
signed 'de Kooning' (lower left)
oil on canvas
62 7⁄8 x 49 5⁄8 in. (159.7 x 126 cm.)
Painted in 1958
Yellow River
signed 'de Kooning' (lower left)
oil on canvas
62 7⁄8 x 49 5⁄8 in. (159.7 x 126 cm.)
Painted in 1958
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York.
David M. Solinger, New York (acquired from the above, 10 October 1959).
Betty Ann Besch Solinger, New York (by descent from the above, 1996).
Accessioned as promised gift of the above to the present owner in 2011 and gifted in 2023.
David M. Solinger, New York (acquired from the above, 10 October 1959).
Betty Ann Besch Solinger, New York (by descent from the above, 1996).
Accessioned as promised gift of the above to the present owner in 2011 and gifted in 2023.
Literature
R.M. Coates, "The Art Galleries" in The New Yorker, 16 May 1959, p. 167.
P.G. Pavia, ed., It is., no. 3, Winter/Spring 1959, p. 36 (illustrated).
G. Drudi, Willem de Kooning, Milan, 1972, p. 35, no. 103 (illustrated).
C. Bompuis and C. Stoullig, eds., Willem de Kooning, exh. cat., Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1984, p. 231 (installation view illustrated).
"The David M. Solinger Collection" in The Cornell Daily Sun (www.cornellsun.com), 10 October 2002 (accessed October 2026).
J. Elderfield, de Kooning: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2011, p. 304 (installation view illustrated).
C. Vogel, "Blockbuster Growth In the Met's Attendance" in The New York Times, 22 July 2011, p. C22.
J. Zilczer, A Way of Living: The Art of de Kooning, New York, 2014, p. 266 (installation view illustrated).
M. Walt, Willem de Kooning Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., New York, Lévy Gorvy, 2017, p. 143 (installation view illustrated).
P.G. Pavia, ed., It is., no. 3, Winter/Spring 1959, p. 36 (illustrated).
G. Drudi, Willem de Kooning, Milan, 1972, p. 35, no. 103 (illustrated).
C. Bompuis and C. Stoullig, eds., Willem de Kooning, exh. cat., Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1984, p. 231 (installation view illustrated).
"The David M. Solinger Collection" in The Cornell Daily Sun (www.cornellsun.com), 10 October 2002 (accessed October 2026).
J. Elderfield, de Kooning: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2011, p. 304 (installation view illustrated).
C. Vogel, "Blockbuster Growth In the Met's Attendance" in The New York Times, 22 July 2011, p. C22.
J. Zilczer, A Way of Living: The Art of de Kooning, New York, 2014, p. 266 (installation view illustrated).
M. Walt, Willem de Kooning Zao Wou-Ki, exh. cat., New York, Lévy Gorvy, 2017, p. 143 (installation view illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Willem de Kooning, May-June 1959.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 60 American Painters, 1960, April-May 1960, pp. 18 and 48, no. 14 (illustrated; dated 1956).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Willem de Kooning, March-April 1969, p. 163, no. 80.
Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh International Series: Eduardo Chillida and Willem de Kooning, October 1979-January 1980, p. 59, no. 28 (illustrated).
Ithaca, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, The David M. Solinger Collection: Masterworks of Twentieth-Century Art, October 2002-January 2003, pp. 12 and 36-37 (illustrated).
New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Garden in Delft: Willem de Kooning Landscapes 1928-88, May-June 2004, pp. 40-41 and 57, pl. 9 (illustrated)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Singular Visions, June 2011-August 2012.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 60 American Painters, 1960, April-May 1960, pp. 18 and 48, no. 14 (illustrated; dated 1956).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Willem de Kooning, March-April 1969, p. 163, no. 80.
Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh International Series: Eduardo Chillida and Willem de Kooning, October 1979-January 1980, p. 59, no. 28 (illustrated).
Ithaca, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, The David M. Solinger Collection: Masterworks of Twentieth-Century Art, October 2002-January 2003, pp. 12 and 36-37 (illustrated).
New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Garden in Delft: Willem de Kooning Landscapes 1928-88, May-June 2004, pp. 40-41 and 57, pl. 9 (illustrated)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Singular Visions, June 2011-August 2012.
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