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WILLEM DE KOONING, MANNER OF: WOMEN - Willem de Kooning (Dutch, 1904-1997) Manner of: Women. Gouache and pencil on paper. Signed lower right. Verso marked with reference number (559) and ”DK 66.” This painting is accompanied by a document of examination (describing the painting as ”in the manner of de Kooning”) issued by Anderson Art Gallery, Romania in 2004. Unframed. Willem de Kooning was a Dutch abstract expressionist artist who moved to the U.S. in 1926 and became one of the leaders of the New York avant-garde. Within his nearly seven decades as a successful artist, de Kooning pioneered the gestural, abstract style of Action Painting that became the staple of New York abstract expressionism.