De Kooning’s magnificent ‘Untitled XVIII’ (1986) | Christie's

Held since 2008 in the collection of Eric Clapton, ‘Untitled XVIII’ (1986) is a magnificent late work by Willem de Kooning.

De Kooning would begin compositions of this period by projecting passages of previous drawings onto a canvas, tracing them in charcoal and rearranging and breaking up their patterns.

Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), ‘’Untitled XVIII’ (1986)’. Estimate: £4,000,000-£6,000,000.

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