Willem de Kooning

Manikins
c. 1942

A pencil sketch on paper featuring three male figures in various stages of completion. The central figure is the most detailed, depicted with a hat, glasses, and mustache, holding a cigar and wearing a suit with a crisscross pattern on the vest. To the left, a less detailed figure is shown in profile, and to the right, another figure is sketched facing forward, also wearing a hat and suit. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner. The paper has perforations along the left edge, suggesting it was once part of a sketch pad.
A pencil sketch on paper featuring three male figures in various stages of completion. The central figure is the most detailed, depicted with a hat, glasses, and mustache, holding a cigar and wearing a suit with a crisscross pattern on the vest. To the left, a less detailed figure is shown in profile, and to the right, another figure is sketched facing forward, also wearing a hat and suit. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner. The paper has perforations along the left edge, suggesting it was once part of a sketch pad.

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Date
c. 1942

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 13 9/16 × 16 15/16in. (34.4 × 43 cm)

Accession number
84.5a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Grace Belt Endowed Purchase Fund, the Burroughs Wellcome Purchase Fund, The Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation, Inc., the Drawing Committee and an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© The Willem de Kooning Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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