Willem de KooningAmerican, 1904–1997Figure at Barnes Hole
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Where is “Figure at Barnes Hole” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2005.142.27
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In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Willem de Kooning
The whole life1948–1966
Fourteen solo exhibitions
From 1948 to 1966 De Kooning had 14 solo exhibitions, many in New York but also nationally and internationally, among them the Egan Gallery, the Sidney Janis Gallery, the Martha Jackson Gallery, the Allan Stone Gallery and museums such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Smith College Museum of Art. There were two a year in 1953, 1964 and 1965.
13 March 1962
Becomes a U.S. citizen
On 13 March 1962 De Kooning became a U.S. citizen.
1963
Moves to East Hampton
In 1963 De Kooning moved from Broadway to East Hampton, New York, into a house that Elaine’s brother Peter Fried had sold to him two years before. He built a studio nearby and lived in the house for the rest of his life.
1964 · Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom
28 June 1964 – 6 October 1964
Exhibition: Documenta III
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