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Getty’s Senior Paintings Conservator Ulrich Birkmaier inpainting Woman-Ochre, 1954–55, by Willem de Kooning. Collection of The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson; Gift of Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. Artwork © 2022 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Exhibition
Conserving de Kooning: Theft and Recovery
7 Jun 2022 – 28 Aug 2022
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:30
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:30
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:30
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:30
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:30
Free admission
Address
- 1200 Getty Center Drive
- Los Angeles
California - 90049
- United States
In the mid 1950s, Dutch-American abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning painted Woman-Ochre, part of his controversial Woman series.
About
The painting was eventually donated to the University of Arizona Museum of Art, where it was on display until 1985 when it was cut from its frame and stolen, missing for the next 32 years. This exhibition picks up after the painting’s momentous 2017 recovery, highlighting its scientific analysis and painstaking conservation treatment.
