A colorful, energetic painting of a smiling woman with raised arms wearing a yellow skirt.

Paintings

Woman and Bicycle

1952–1953

Medium
Oil, enamel, and charcoal on linen
Dimensions
Overall: 76 1/2 × 49 1/8 in. (194.3 × 124.8 cm)
Accession number
55.35
Acquired
1955
Credit line
Purchase
Reproduction credit
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department
collection

About this work

Willem de Kooning, Woman and Bicycle, 1952–1953. Oil, enamel, and charcoal on linen, overall: 76 1/2 × 49 1/8 in. (194.3 × 124.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 55.35. © The Willem de Kooning Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Exhibitions featuring the artist

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