Source interpretationhigh certainty
abstraction and representation
MoMA describes Woman I as merging abstraction and representation and records that it is the first of a six-painting Woman group.
- Catalog medium
- Oil and metallic paint on canvas
- Collection
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Accession
- 478.1953
Physical record
Scale without reproducing the image
- Metric
- 192.7 × 147.3 cm
- Approx. imperial
- 6 ft 3.9 in × 4 ft 10 in
- Planar area (calculated)
- 2.84 m²
- Width / 170 cm reference
- 0.87×
- Height / 170 cm reference
- 1.13×
Imperial dimensions, planar area, and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions, not source claims, artwork-shape reconstructions, or quality judgments.
Image decision: Bundled display blocked by copyrighted_no_license/metadata_only.
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Process, material, form, ideas
Claims / interpretation
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Related records
- Willem de Kooning’s Woman paintings, 1950–53series · artwork in series
Documented path / mapping basis exposed
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Object → maker
- Willem de Kooningartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.
Material & process
Formal & thematic
- Figuration–abstraction boundaryformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Exhibition, place & history
- Place this date on the AEU timeline1950–52Basis: Object date used for navigation only; not an influence or exhibition claim.
Close Look
- Close-looking guideobservation → interpretationBasis: Companion route for this same object record.
Other graph links
- Willem de Kooning’s Woman paintings, 1950–53series · artwork in seriesBasis: AEU graph edge rendered on this object record.
Source register
Direct record sources
- Willem de Kooning. Woman I. 1950–52museum collection · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09Open institutional source ↗