Year 1955 Created 1955 | Artist Willem de Kooning | |
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National police gazette history documentary
Police Gazette is a 1955 abstract painting by Willem de Kooning, which is currently in private hands.
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Painting style
The Police Gazette is a landscape painted on canvas using abstract elements, and colors such as yellow, green and red. It is a painting with simple geometric forms, creating a perfect contrast between the formal elements that compose the artwork. It was this painting that promoted Willem de Kooning amongst the most important abstract painters of the modern world.
History and price
Police Gazette was sold in 1965 for the first time for $37,000.
In 1973, the Swiss art dealer Ernst Beyeler paid US$180,000, setting a new record for the artist.
Since then, the painting went through the hands of known art collectors, such as Sidney Janis, Eugene Thaw and Mrs. Scull.
In 2006, it was bought by Steven A. Cohen for US$63.5 million.