Two Women's Torsos

1. Sold by Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, “Willem de Kooning: Paintings on the Theme of Woman,” Mar. 16-Apr. 11, 1953, cat. 8, no cat.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, "New Images of Man," 1959-60, pp. 94 (ill.) and 153, cat. 63; traveled to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
• Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, “Willem de Kooning,” September 19–November 17, 1968, organized by the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, cat. by Thomas B. Hess; traveled to London, Tate Gallery, December 5, 1968–January 26, 1969, New York, Museum of Modern Art, March 6–April 27, 1969, Art Institute of Chicago, May 17–July 6, 1969, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 29–September 14, 1969, p. 165, cat. 127 as "Two Women"; Dutch cat., n.pag., cat. 111 (ill.).
• Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, "Willem de Kooning, 1941-1959," Oct. 4-Nov. 16, 1974, n.p., cat. 15 (ill.), as "Two Women."
• Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters," Jan. 10-Feb. 29, 1976, n.p., as "Two Women, c. 1952-53."
• New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, "Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture," Dec. 7, 1983-Feb. 19, 1984, p. 59, cat. 54 (ill.).
• Art Institute of Chicago, "Edgar Degas: Passing on the Tradition: Prints and Drawings," Sept. 1, 1996-Jan. 26, 1997, no cat.
• Art Institute of Chicago, "The Broad Spectrum: Color on Paper, Past and Present," Sept. 12–Oct. 31, 1999, no cat.
• Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, "Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure," Feb. 10-Apr. 28, 2002, pp. title page (detail), 148 (ill.) and 195, cat. 70, as "Torsos, Two Women, c. 1952-53;" traveled to The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003.
• Art Institute of Chicago, "Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper," Mar. 24-Sept. 13, 2009, no cat.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, "de Kooning: a Retrospective", Sept. 18, 2011-Jan. 9, 2012, p. 267-68, pl. 90.
• Art Institute of Chicago, "Willem de Kooning Drawing", June 14 - September 20, 2026, traveled to Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, October 9, 2026 - January 17, 2027, pp. 8, 26, 97, 105, 201, (ill.), 311 (ill.), 312 pl. 87. cat. by Kevin Salatino, Mel Becker Solomon, et. al.

• Thomas B. Hess, "Willem de Kooning," The Great American Artists Series A101 (New York, 1959), no. 113 (color ill.), as "Two Women."
• Thomas B. Hess, "Willem de Kooning: Drawings," (New York, 1972), pp. 180-81 (color ill.), no. 73, as "Two Women."
• Gabriella Drudi, "Willem de Kooning," (Milan, 1972), p. 34, no. 76, as "Two Women."
• Harold Rosenberg, "Willem de Kooning," (New York, 1974), no. 103 (ill.).
• Lois Fichner-Rathus, "Understanding Art," (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1986), pp. 379-80, fig. 14-5.
• Diane Waldman, "Willem de Kooning," (New York, 1988), p. 94, pl. 71 (color ill.) as "Torsos of Two Women."
• The Essential Guide (Chicago, 2009), p. 312 (ill.).

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