Lot #554: WILLEM DE KOONING - Rainbow - Devil at the Keyboard - Color lithograph

 

Artist: Willem de Kooning (Dutch/American, 1904 - 1997).
Title: "Rainbow - Devil at the Keyboard [Thelonius Monk]".
Medium: Color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1975/76.
Dimensions: Overall size: 35 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (902 x 622 mm). Image size: 32 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (825 x 514 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in green crayon, lower right. A proof aside from the edition of 75/125. Light cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression with vibrant colors. Very good condition; minor handling dimples. Comment(s): Another impression of this print, also with the blue crayon signature, sold for $3,600 on May 16, 2013 at Swann Galleries, New York City, lot #10. According to 'Gordon's Art Reference' the auction record for the print is $5,124, sold May 3, 2011, Bonhams and Butterfields, San Francisco, lot #275. Published by the Rainbow Foundation, New York. Image copyright © The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26897-6-1400]