Woman III
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Steven A. Cohen |
Woman III is a 1953 painting by
Analysis
Woman III is notable within the series for its more muted palette of grays and whites. The body is outlined in arcs of black; the chest and arms are more voluminous than flat, as in other Women paintings. The features of Woman III's mask-like face are rendered. The figure stands apart from the background.
Provenance
From the late 1970s to 1994, the painting was part of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art collection. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the painting could not be shown because of strict rules set by the government about the visual arts and acceptable subject matter. Finally, in 1994, the painting was acquired by collector Thomas Ammann[1] and subsequently traded to collector David Geffen for part of a 16th century Persian manuscript, the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp.[2]
In November 2006, the painting was sold by Geffen to billionaire