Artist: Willem de Kooning (Dutch/American, 1904 - 1997). Title: "Study of a Woman". Medium: Pen and ink drawing on paper. Date: Composed c1954. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (298 x 210 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Drawn on textured cream wove paper. Fine condition. Provenance: Private collection, Boston. Comment(s): Willem De Kooning, one of the recognized masters of Abstract Expressionism, was a founder of the New York School of action painting. "Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure," De Kooning once said. "I always seem to be wrapped up in the melodrama of vulgarity." Image copyright © The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30151-2-16000]