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10 works by the American artist Willem de Kooning will be sold during the exhibition in Gagosyan Gallery in New York. It is reported by The New York Times. The exhibition, entitled «Willem de Kooning: Ten Paintings, 1983-1985» (« Willem de Kooning : Ten paintings, 1983-1985 ") will be held from November 8 to December 21.

The curator of the exhibition will be John Elderfild , consultant Larry Gagosian and honorary chief curator of the New York Museum of Modern Art. A few years ago Elderfild organized a retrospective exhibition of de Kooning at MoMA .

Willem de Kooning Foundation decided to put paintings for sale due to the fact that he needed the money for the development of educational and research initiatives. Representatives of the Foundation hopes to help out with sales of 10 paintings by more than 30 million dollars. The decision not to sell the painting at an auction , and during the exhibition, the fund attributed to the fact that "the presentation is just as important as profit ." Member of the Foundation Board and a former lawyer de Kooning , John L. Eastman said that the exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery will provide the necessary visual and dramatic impact on potential buyers of paintings.

Pictures for the exhibition and sale of selected representatives of the gallery - Larry Gagosian himself and John Elderfild . The curator told me that out of twenty paintings that de Kooning Foundation was willing to put up for sale, he selected the most recent work . According to him , these paintings are radically different from the other paintings of the artist. "In addition, the exhibition dedicated to just this year , has never been ," - said Elderfild .

Experts have not yet produced paintings assessment , but it is known that the recent Christie's auction were sold two works that belong to the same period in the works Kooning . One , established in 1984 , was sold for $ 9.7 million , the second , written in 1983, sold for $ 4.4 million .

Willem Kooning is one of the most expensive artists of the XX century. He died in 1997 at the age of 92 years . In 1989, a lawyer and daughter Lisa kunig declared him incompetent in the last years of his life he did not create a single job.

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