De Kooning Wanted His Art to Be Unknowable—This Is What That Looks Like _ Sotheby's

By the mid-1970s, Willem de Kooning had already secured his place in art history. Yet Untitled III (1975) reveals an artist still pushing forward—toward a language that feels lighter, more fluid, and unexpectedly radiant. Painted after his move to East Hampton, the work channels the surrounding landscape— …