Woman III

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Woman III is a painting of abstract expressionism of the American painter Willem de Kooning, originated in a series of six similar types of portraits of women, 1951-1953. 1953 The format of the finished image is 1.2 × 1.7 meters.

From the late 1970s until 1994, the work of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art was, but was not allowed to be shown after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Finally, it was established in 1994 by the Swiss art dealer Thomas Ammann to the American music and movie producer David Geffen mediates against leaving the King book Shahnameh.

In November 2006, Geffen sold the painting to the hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen for 142.5 million U.S. dollars, one of the highest amounts reached by then for a single image.